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YOL.  9.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.
GRAND  R A PID S, OCTOBER  28,  1891.

$1  Per  Year.
NO.  42 }J

H o l i d a y G o o d s !

TELFER  SPICE COMPANY,

C o m p le te   L in e   o f  N o v e ltie s   N ow   R ea d y .

4 6   O tta w a   St., 

WHOLESALE  CONFECTIONERS.

A.  E.  BR O O K S  &  CO.,
Cracker Manufacturers,
YflE  NEW  YORK  B1SGUIY  00.,

G ran d   R a p id s,  M ich.

S.  A.  SE A R S,  Manager.

8 7 , 8 9   an d   41  K e n t St., 
C.  A.  LAMB.

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G rand  R ap id s
F.  J.  LAMB.

C.  A.  L A M B   &  CO.,

WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

8 4   a n d   8 6   S o u th   D iv isio n   St.

Foreign  and  DomestiG  Fruits  and  Prodüce,
S. BROWN  &  CO.,
G. 
Domestic Fruits  and  Vegetables

--------  J O B B E R S   O F   --------

We carry the largest stock in the city and guarantee satisfaction.  We always bill  goods at the 

low est m arket prices. 

S EN I»  F O R   Q U O T A T IO N S.

24 and 26 North Division St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,

S u c c e ss o rs   to

M u s k e g o n   C r a c k e r   C o .,

H ARR Y  FOX,  Manager.

Crackers, Biscuits#Sweet Goods,

S P E C IA L   A T T E N T IO N   P A ID   TO   M A IL   O R D E R S .

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

G   iEjT   t z e t ie  ZES i e s q ?  I

Jennings’

Flavoring  Extracts

S E E   Q U O T A T IO N S.

Oranges & Bananas!

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS. 

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

C.  N.  RAPP  St  CO.,

9 North  Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

F lorida  O ran ges  a  S p e c ia lty •

M ANU FACTU RERS  OF

S p ice s  an d   B a k in g   P o w d e r ,  a n d   J o b b ers  of 

T ea s, C offees  a n d   G ro cers’  S u n d ries.

I and 3 Pearl  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS

YHE mi BLANK BOOK MADE

O P E N S   P E R F E C T L Y   F L A T .

P a te n te d   Dec.  3,  1 88 9

{(¡nntdïSajncb Jiuok litncleru
pjilllins Flat  Opening  Blank  Book.

29 and 31 Canal St.

Sole  iAl a m i fa c tu re r*   in   M ic h ig a n  o f th e

Recommended  by  Banks  and  Most  Reliable  Firms  in  the

United States.

GRAND  RAPIDS  PAPER  CO,

CURTISS  &   WHITE,  Managers.

Jobbers  of  Wrapping  Papers  anil  Twines.

\V. P . S h e a th in g . T a r re d   B o a rd .  T a r re d   F e lt. P la in   B o a rd .  C a rp e t L in in g , S tra v  
P a p e r , C a rp e t S w e e p e rs .  G em  W rin g e rs . E x p re ss  W a g o n s   a n d   S le ig h s.  B ab y  

C a rria g e s ,  W a s h   B o a rd s ,  B ro o m s .  M op  S tic k s. T a b le ts  a n d   B ox P a p e r. 

.Vote  P a p e r ,  E n v e lo p e s . E tc .

No. 8 So. Ionia St.,

Grand Rapids.

A. gents  Wanted !

Albion  Milling  Co.,  Albion.  Michigan:
G e n t s—lu  connection  with  our  order  for  ‘  Albion  Patent  Flour”  which  y o u  
will  find enclosed,  permit  us to say that  we have  used  your Albion  Patent for  t he 
past fifteen  years and  it  lias always  given  universal  satisfaction.  We  consider  it 
the best brand of  Hour,  for  family  use.  ihit  we  handle.  Yours  verv  truly,

S a g in a w ,  Mich.,  June 22,  1891.

WELLS  STONE  MERCANTILE  CO.

We wish  to  place  this  brand  in every city  and  town  in  Michigan,  and  give the 
exclusive control  to responsible  dealers.  There is money  in  it  for  you.  Write for 
particulars.  Perfect  satisfaction guaranteed in every  instance.

ALBION  NULLING  COMPANY,  Albion,  JVlicli.

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I M P O R T E R S   A N D

W h o le s a le  

ß r o G e r s

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Grand Rapids Storage & Transfer Co.,  m
General  Warehousemen  and  Transfer  Agents.

Winter  81., between  Shawmilt life,  and  W.  Fdlton 8t„

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

COLD  STORAGE  FOR  BUTTER,  EGGS,  CHEESE,  FRUITS,  AND 

ALL  KINDS  OF  PERISHABLES.

Dealers and  Jobbers in Mowers,  Binders  Twine,  Threshers,  En­

gines, Straw Stackers, Drills, Rakes, Tedders, Cultivators, 

Plows, Pumps, Carts,  Wagons, Buggies, Wind Mills 

and Machine and Plow repairs, Etc.

H e y m a n   &  C o m p a n y ,

Spring & 

C,

Telephone  No.  945.

J.  T.  F.  BLAKE,  Sup’t.

Manufacturers  of

Show  Cases

Of  Every  Description.

WRITE FOR  PRICES.
Pir8t-GIa88  Work  Only. |
-  G R A N D   R A P ID S .

6 3   and  6 6   C anal  St., 

STANDARD  OIL  CO.
- O I L S -

Dealers  in  Illuminating  and  Lubricating

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

N A P T H A   A N D   G A S O L IN E S .

Office,  Hawkins Block. 

Works, Butterworth Ave.

B i'L K   STA TIO N'S  A T

Grand  Rapids,  Big Rapids, Cadillac,  Grand  Haven,  Ludington,  Howard  City,  Mus­

kegon,  Reed City,  Manistee,  Petoskey, Allegan.

Highest Price Paid  for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels
R I N D G E ,   B E R T S C H   &  CO.,

Manufacturers and Jobbers of Boots and Shoes.

Our  fall  lines  are 
now complete in every 
department.
Our  line  of  Men’s 
and  Boys’  boots  are 
the best we ever made 
or  handled.
For  durability  try 
our own  manufacture 
men’s,  boys’,  youths’, 
women’s,  misses’  and 
children’s shoes.
We  have the  finest 
lines  of  slippers  and 
warm  goods  we  ever 
carried.
We  h andle all  th e lead 
lines o f fe lt boots and
We solicit  your  inspec- 
“ A gents  for  th e Boston 

before purchasing.

R ubber Shoe Co.”

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

D ress  G oods,  S h a w ls,  C loak s, 
N o tio n s, 
H o siery , 
G lo v es,  U n d e r w e a r ,  W o o le n s , 
F la n n e ls,  B la n k ets,  G in g h a m s, 
P r in ts  a n d   D o m estic  C ottons.

We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well 

assorted stock at lowest market  prices.

Spring & Company,

BALL

BARNHART 
H   PUTMAN

JOBBER  OF-

F.  J.  D E T T E N T H A L E R
OYSTERS
POULTRY  4  GAME

SALT  FISH

Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. 

See Quotations in Another Column.

CONSIGNMENTS  OP  ALL  KINDS  OP  POULTRY  AND  GAME  SOLICITED.

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GRAND  R A PID S,  W EDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  28,  1891

NO.  423

WHOLESALE

L im e ,  C e m e n t,  S tu cco ,  If a ir ,  F ir e   B ric k , 

T H O S .  E .  W Y K E S ,

F ir e   C lay,  L a th ,  W o o d ,  H a y , G ra in ,
O il  M eal, C lo v e r a n d   T im o th y  S eed. 

PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK.

Corner W ealthy  Ave. and  Ionia St.

W rite for prices.

on M. C.  R.  R. 

C or.  M o n ro e  a n d   Io n ia   Sts.,

Capita!,  $100,000. 

Liability,  $100,000 

Depositors’  Security,  $200,000.

OFFICERS.

Thom as H efferan, President.
Henry F.  H astings, V ice-President.
Charles M.  H eald,  2d Vice-President.
( Charles B.  Kelsey, Cashier.
DIRECTORSH. C. Russell 
Jo h n  M urray 
J. H. Gibbs 
C.  B. Ju d d  
H.  F.  H astings 
C.  M.  Heald 
Don  J . Leathers 

D.  D. Cody 
S.  A.  M ono an 
Jas.  G.  McBride 
Wm.  M cM ullen 
D.  E. "Waters 
Jno.  Patton, J r  
Wm.  A lden Smith

Thom as  Hefferan.

Four per cent,  interest paid on tim e certificates 
and  savings  deposits. 
Collections  promptly 
made  at low est rates.  E xchange  sold  on  New 
\o rk , Chicago,  D etroit and all  foreign countries, 
Money  transferred by m ail or  telegraph.  Muni 
cipal  and county bonds  bought  and  sold.  Ac 
counts of  m ercantile  firms as w ell as banks  and 
bankers solicited.

We  invite  correspondence  or  personal  inter 

view w ith a view to business relations.

W e quote:  — — — —

S o lid   llr a n d   O y ste rs.

Selects........................23  E.  F ...........................   22
S ta n d a rd s .................20
Seleets,....................  23 S tandards......................  18
F avorites................   16

D a isy   B r a n d   O y sters.

O u r  F a v o rite   B ra n d .

“ 

M rs.  W ith e y ’s H o m e -m a d e  M in ce -M ea t.
Large b b ls................6 
H alf b b ls...................  6V
401b. pails  ..............   6H  201b.  pails  ..............69,i
10 lb.  p ails...............  7
21b.  cans,  (usual  w eig h t)................*1.50  per  doz.
51b. 
“ 
................ *3.50  per  doz.
Choice D airy  B u tter........................................ 
19
E g g s .............................................................................. 21
Pure Sweet Cider,  in   bbls........ 15____V b b l...  16
Pure Cider  V inegar...................................................io
W ill pay 40 cents each for M olasses h alf  bbls. 
Above prices are m ade low to bid for trade.
Let your orders come.

“ 

EDWIN  FEUDS i  SON, 

Valley City Cold Storage.
A. D. SPANGLEE & CO.,

GENERAL

Commission  Merchants

And Wholesale  Dealers in

Including the follow ing celebrated brands m an­
ufactured  by th e  well-known  house of  Glaser, 
Fram e  & C o .:
V im lex , long  H avana  filler 
T h re e   M edal», long H avana filler-........... 
E l k ’s C h o ic e, Havana tiller and binder.  . 
T,a d o r   d e  A lfo n so ,  .................................... 
L a  D o n n e ila  d e  M o r e r a ,............................. 
L a   Id e a l,  25 in a b o x ...................................... 

......................  $35
35
55
55
65
55
Also  fine line  Key  West goods at rock  bottom 
prices.  All favorite  brands of  Cheroots  kept in 
stack.

10  So.  Ionia  St.,  Grand  Rapids.
Our Complete  Fall Line of

W ill b e  re a d y  S e p te m b e r 1 0 th . 
I t w l l l  p a y  
e v e ry   m e r c h a n t h a n d lin g  th is  lin e  o f goods 
to  e x a m in e  o u r  s a m p le s.

20 &  22 Monroe St.,

GRAND  RA PIDS, 
ESTABLISHED  1841.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

R .G . Dun & Co.

THE MERCANTILE  AGENCY

-  MICH.

- 

R eference Books issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout U nited States 

and Canada

PENBERTHY  INJECTORS.

SIMPLE

RELIABLE

F r u its  a n d   P ro d u c e .

We solicit correspondence with  both buy­
ers and sellers of all kinds of  fruits,  ber­
ries and produce.

SAGINAW,  E.  Side,  MICH.

.THE.  ^

S. F. Aspinwall, Pres’fc 

P R O M P T ,  C O N S E R V A T IV E ,  S A F E .
W  Fred McBain. Sec’y______________
Wayne County Savings Bank, Detroit, Mich.
$500,000  TO  INVEST  IN   BONDS
Issued  by  cities, counties,  towns  and school  districts 
of  Michigan.  Officers of  these  municipalities  about 
to issue bonds will  find ft to their advantage to apply 
to this bank.  Blank bonds and blanks for proceedings 
supplied  without  charge.  Ail  communications  and 
enquiries will have prompt attention.  This bank pays 
4 per cent, on deposits, compounded semi-annually. 
S.  D. ELWOOD, Treasurer.

May, 1891. 

T h e   M ost  i'e r f e c t  A u to m a tic   In je c to r 

M ad e.

12,000 In actual  operation.  Manufactured by

PENBERTHY  INJECTOR  CO„

D E T R O IT ,  M IC H .

T o   B u y   A i  l e m   B .W r i s l e y ' s

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5*r  v ' • S ïi säe Ssä 3 M

Leading Whciisaie Grocers keep it.

BELL  BELT.

BELI.  BELT.

That was the name pinned to the  little 
skirt of  the  baby found in the  basket  at 
the  baker’s  door, 
in , Fiftietli  street— 
pinned by an old-fashioned cameo brooch, 
with  “ B.  B.” cut on its back.

“I  want  the  baby  called  Bell  Belt,” 
was  written in pencil  on the  paper.  “I 
am  too poor to  keep it.  God bless those 
I shall know who  they  are.” 
that will. 
The baker’s old  wife had no  children, 
and  the  baker  let her  do as  she chose. 
She  kept the  child,  and  it grew  to  be  a
girl of fifteen  before the old people died.
They  had  petted  her,  had taught  her 
something,  dressed  her  well—but  there 
was  no  will.  Relations  from  Germany 
trooped  down  on  the  property,  nothing 
was  thought of Bell,  and she found  her­
self  with a  trunk  and  a  little  purse  of 
money—very,  very  little—thrown  upon 
her own exertions for a livelihood.

She was not clever,  nor educated,  only 
pretty  and  mild  and  timid.  The  work 
she  found  paid ill,  and  stopped  at  last 
altogether.

A hard old landlady threatened to turn 
her out  of  her  half of  the  bed,  in  a  lit­
tle hall  bed-room,  and  her  clothes  went 
bit by  bit to pay her way.

At last wearing shoes that clung to her 
feet  only  by a  miracle; her  marvelous, 
dark-eyed  beauty  clothed  in faded  gar­
ments,  patched  and  frayed  and  time­
worn,  she  went  about  asking  for  work 
and  receiving  only  denials.  She was so 
handsome,  so  shabby  that  they  had 
doubts of her—these smug people sitting 
in their trim  warehouses.  They chose to 
employ  plainer girls in better clothes.

One hungry  Saturday  came the  threat 
of dismissal from her poor home hanging 
like  the  storied  sword  we all  know  of 
over  her head  by a single thread,and she 
found  herself at  the entrance of  a  great 
factory.

She crept in shyly,  seeking in vain the 
persons  who  could  give  or  refuse  her 
work; and  turning  first  to one door  and 
then to another,  finding  only  an old man 
who  swept  up  some  scattered  rubbish 
with a great besom,  until,  suddenly from 
a  dark  passage-way,  rushed  a  crowd  of 
girls,  of  women,  large,  small,  old  and 
young,  who,  in  their  hurry,  took  no no­
tice of her.  She was pushed against the 
wall,  and  watched them  as  they  ranged 
themselves  in  groups  and  turned  their 
eyes on  a tall,  thin,  well-dressed woman 
who  carried  a leather  bag  in  one  hand 
and a red  account-book  in the other,  un­
til  she  mounted  a  high-stool  before  a 
desk; and  opening the  book,  commenced 
a sort of  roll-call.

Bell  was too well used  to factories not 
to  know  that  it  was  pay-day; and  the 
hungry eyes  watched  what  went on  with 
the envy  the  penniless  must feel  at  the 
sight of money,  in  a  world  where money 
is so  much.  The sum  paid to  each  was 
small,  and  as the  signatures were  made 
certain deductions were spoken of.  One 
or two girls  cried over  theirs,  and  were 
comforted  by their friends;  but  the  roll-

call,  the  signatures  and  the  payments 
went  on  very  regularly  on  the  whole, 
until  the lady at  thje desk  called out: 

“Lizzie Williams.”
Then a girl’s shrill voice answered: 
“She’s dead,  Miss Alberts; died  yester­

day.”

“Dear  me!”  responded  Miss  Alberts, 
with the air of saying what was expected 
of her.  “How sudden!  In  the  midst  of 
life we are in death;  let  us  all remember 
that.  Will some one notify her relatives 
that the money  will  be paid to them?” 

One after  another the slim  lady called 
the  girls’  names,  and  mentioned  the 
amount she  gave each  aloud,  as  a signa­
ture was  made  in the  book.  A few  de­
ductions were made for having been  late 
or having spoiled something.  One of the 
girls  burst  into tears  and was led  away 
sobbing by a frined,  who whispered  that 
“it  was  a  shame,”  as  they  passed  the 
wall against which  Bell  had  been crowd­
ed.

But  usually  the  coming  and  going 
went  on  without  delay,  until  the  end 
was nearly reached,  then—

“Lizzie  Petrel,”  called  the  paymis- 

tress.

“Lizzie is dead,”  cried  a  shrill  voice. 
sudden!” 
“Good 

gracious, 

how 

screamed another.

“She  was  drowned  at  a  picnic 

last 

night,”  said the informant.

“ ‘In the midst of life we are in death,’” 
said  the  paymistress,  in  a formal  man­
ner,  as  one  who  feels  something is  ex­
“1 trust  you  will all  re­
pected of her. 
member  this. 
If the  poor girl  has par­
ents,  the  money  will  be  paid  to  them. 
Some one  let them  know,  please.  Bigo- 
nia James!”

“I’m to fetch it to her. 

I’m her sister. 
She’s got married,”  said a  small,  bright- 
looking girl.

“Very  well,  sign  for  her,”  said  she. 

“Rengenuna Jones,  step up.”

“I’m to take har’s home. 

I’m her sis­
ter.  She’s got  married,”  replied  a  very 
small girl,  near the  desk.”

“Very well,  sign  for her and  take it,” 
said the lady at the desk.  “Bella Belt!” 

Bell gave a great start.
“Bella  Belt,”  repeated  the  paymis­
tress.  “I sha’n’t wait  here  all  night for 
the last  girl  on  the list. 
Is  Bella  Belt 
dead or married.  Some one answer.  She 
must  be a  new  hand. 
I’ve  never  paid 
her  before.  Bella  Belt,  come  and  get 
your money.”

The girls looked  about them.  Some of 

them stared at Bell.

“What is your name?” asked one.
“Bell  Belt — Isabella  Belt,”  replied 

“Well,  go  and  get  your  money;  you 

must be stupid,”  said a girl.

“I  don’t  think  she  meant  me,”  said 

Bell.

Bell.

“Here she  is,  Miss  Alberts,” cried  the 

girl.  “She don’t quite understand.” 

“You  are to come here,  Bell  Beit,  and 
get your four dollars and  fourteen cents. 
The rest  of the  five is  deducted  for  ab­
sence.  Hurry!  1 want yon  to  sign your 
name,” cried Miss Alberts.

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MTTTH  MICHIGAN  TTtA.DE8MA.ISi.

fainted.  1  shall  starve  unless  I  beg— 
starve!  Do you work here?”

“No,”  replied  Bell. 
me your name,  please?”

“Will  you  tell 

“Isabella Belt,”  said the  woman.
“What  was  coming  to  you?”  asked 

Bell.

“Not  five  dollars;  but  it  was  life  to 

me,” said the  woman.

Bell put her hand in  her  pocket.
“Thai's your nuutey,” she said.  “ ‘Bella 
I’ll  tell  you  the 

they  called. 

Belt,’ 
truth.”

She  told  her  all,  and  the woman  lis­
tened.  A  strange look  was on  her  face; 
a strange  light  in her eyes.

“I  used  to  read novels  when  I  was  a 
girl,”  she said. 
‘"This is stranger than a 
novel.  You’re a good girl—good!  We’ll 
share the money,  Bella—Bella Belt.  You 
look  like me,  too,  don’t you,  only you are 
young and—pretty.”

She  took  Bella’s  hand.  They  sat  so 
awhile,  the money on  the stone  between 
them.

“Let us go and get  something  to eat,” 
said  the  woman  at last,  and  they  were 
rising to  go when  something arose from 
behind  a great rusty  boiler that lay near 
the steps,  that petrified both women with 
horror,  a  tramp,  red-faced,  with  long, 
touseled hair  and beard,  with fithy  rags 
upon  a  figure  that  resembled  that  of  a 
gorilla,  and  the  soft, heavy  footfall  of 
his kind.

Silently the two Bellas,  young and old, 
clung  together as  he  leaned over  them, 
his hot  breath on  their faces.

“Give  us  the money,”  he  said.  “Give 
us  the  money.  You  have  the  money? 
You had money; give it.”

Then  he  saw  it,  seized  it,  counted  it, 
dropped the change,  picked  it up,  struck 
a blow toward  them,  hitting nothing, and 
stumbled  away.

“Thank  God!”  cried  the  women  to­
gether.  Then they  looked  at each other 
piteously,  hungrily,  and  began  to cry.

“Its  not  safe  here,”  said  the  elder 

woman.

“If  we could only get into the factory. 
We  might  do it;  old  Peter,  the  watch­
man,  doesn’t  always  lock  the  gate  at 
once.  Up  amongst  the  machinery  we 
might have  all Sunday,  and  even  find  a 
scrap or two to eat of  lunches left  over. 
We’ll go to the gate.”

Hand in  hand  they made  their way  to 
the little  wooden  passage  that was  left 
open  for  Peter.  The  old  man  sat  with 
his  back  to them eating his supper.  They 
crept past him,  and  up and out  of sight. 
In a room overhead they sat down near a 
window,  and the elder Bella,  leaving her 
companion  there,  searched  everywhere 
and found  a few  crackers,  a fragment of 
cheese,  a half-eaten apple.

"Better than  begging,”  she said.
They  munched the  scraps,  and  night 
fell  and  the  moon  arose, and they  kept 
beside  the  window  and  close  to  each 
other.

After awhile the  elder  woman  asked  a 

question of the younger;

“Have you a mother?”  she said.
“There is a wicked woman somewhere, 
if she is not dead,  who  left me on a door 
step in  a basket  once,” Bella  answered. 
“A good old  woman took  me in.  She  is 
dead.”

“Had you  anything  your  real mother 
could  know  you  by?”  asked  the  older 
Bella.

“My name and a cameo  brooch marked 
‘B.  B.,’”  the  girl  answered;  “but  she 
never wanted  to know me; not she.”

Then sileuce fell,  and  after awhile  the 
two women gathered  together  some cot­
ton  waste  and  canvas and  lay  down  to 
sleep together.

“Do you  pray?”  asked  the elder  Bella 
of  the younger,  as  she  drew  the canvas 
over her.

“Yes,”  sighed Bella.
“Then  pray  for me,” said  the  other; 

“pray for me,  a sinner.”

Later,  two tramps, sodden and hideous, 
staggered  back  to  the  factory-side  aud 
lay there,  smoking.

Later yet  a  policeman  heard  a  shrill 
old voice crying  “Fire! Fire!” and rushed 
in  to meet a  feeble old  man,  with  a  lan­
tern  in  his hand—Peter the watchman.

“It’s Breeze’s factory!”  he cried.  “It’s 
I just got out with my life—no 

blazing. 
more!”

“Any one there?” asked the policeman.
“Thank God, not a soul!” said Peter.
But  up  in  the  room  into  which  the 
moon  no  longer  shone,  where  the  air 
was dense and thick  with  black,  smoth­
ering smoke,  two  women  felt  their  way 
toward  a window.

“Do  you  hear  me?”  asked  the  elder 

Bella.

“Yes,”  said the younger.
“I  don’t  think  we  can  be  saved. 

I 
must tell  you,  Bella,  I  am your  mother, 
the wicked  woman  who  left you  at  the 
baker’s door.  But,  Bella,  I  loved you.  1 
was  starving;  that  woman  had  a  good 
home and  loved babies.  I meant to come 
back  for you,  but  it’s been  poverty, suf­
fering, misery  ever  since—ever  since— 
ever  since,  Bella,  that’s  why  I  did  not 
come. 
I thought you rich and happy.  1 
never knew—Bella—”

“Mother!”  sobbed  a  faint voice in  re­
ply;  “oh,  mother,  I  believe  you  and  I 
love  you.”  And  they  lay  clasped  in 
each other’s arms.

They  found  them  so  next day,  clasped 
in each other’s arms.  The  tire  had  not 
touched  them,  and  their  faces  were al­
most happy when  they  laid them side  by 
side together. 

M a r y   K y i,e   D a l l a s .

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

Tar and  Gravel  Roofers,

And  dealers  In  Tarred  F elt,  B uilding  Paper, 
Pitch,  Coal  T ar,  A sphaltuin.  Rosin,  M ineral 
Wool, Etc.

C o rn e r L o u is a n d   C am  p a n  .Sts.. 

G R A N D   R A P ID S .

Poor Bell!  She knew that there was  a j 
girl in the factory  who bore her name, but 
it occurred to her that she might be dead, 
or married,  as the two  others  had been, 
and  she  was hungry,  tired  almost  w ith-; 
out  power  to  fight  against  fate.  One 
pushed  her,  another  pushed  her.  She 
stumbled against the desk.

“Your  name  Belt?”  asked  Miss  Al­

berts,  in  a flurry of impatience.

“Yes,  ma’am,  but—•”  began  Bell.
“I  can’t  help  the  deductions,”  said 
Miss Alberts.  “I’m  deducted  myself  if 
1  don’t do  what  1 ought. 
It’s  business. 
Don’t talk  to me about  it; here,  take  the 
pen.  Sign your name there.”

Bell took  the long,  red  handle  in  her 
fingers and  wrote  “Isabella Belt” on  the 
line  indicated,  and  instantly  four  dol­
lars aud  fourteen cents  were put into her 
hand.

The book  was  closed with a  slam,  and 
Miss  Alberts  dropped  from  her  high- 
stool and  stalked out of sight.

“Little Greeny,  you’ll never  get  on  if 
you don’t look out sharper for yourself,” 
said  a  good-natured  young  giantess  at 
her elbow.  “We have to jump  pay-day.
I tell you.”

Others giggled  at her;  but with  a horri­
ble  consciousness  that she was  a  thief, 
making her heart throb like some strange 
engine  within  her,  shaking  her  whole 
frame,  making  her  tremble 
in  every 
limb,  crept out and  away,  and sat  down 
on  the  steps  of  the  closed  factory  to 
come to herself.

Trying  to  comfort  her conscience,  she 
repeated these  arguments over and  over 
again  to herself.

“ 1 never soul a word.  I’m  starving.  1 
should  sleep 
in  the  streets  if  1  didn’t 
pay  Mrs.  Trewjer  to-night.  The  other 
girl did not  come.  Perhaps  she's  dead. 
Perhaps  married. 
iikely  she 
needs it as  I do.”

It  is  not 

But still she sat  where she  had  thrown 
herself  down, 
to 
spend  the  money  that  it  seemed  to  her 
fate  had made her steal.

incapable  of  going 

The shadows  grew  longer.  The  side 
of the factory,  with  its  many closed  win­
dows,  looked  down  ou  a  street that  was 
no thoroughfare.  No one came that  way 
out  of  hours.  Opposite  was  only  the 
storing-ground of a lumber-house.  Great 
boards,  piled  one  above  another,  con­
stantly  threatened  to topple  down  into 
the road  below,  but  never did.  Solitude 
as deep  as can  be found  in  a city reigned 
there after work-time.

So Bell,  staring  up the  street,  watched 
without  interruption  a  woman’s  figure 
that  came  hurrying  down  at  its  best 
speed,  now  and  then  putting a  hand  to 
her  heart and  pausing,  but  running  on 
again  the faster afterward. 
It came to a 
pause opposite the great door, and glared 
at it;  then  sunk  down,  with  its face  in 
its hands.

“Closed!  Closed!  Closed!”  it  moaned. 
I tried 

“ And  I  tried  so hard  to get here! 
so hard—so hard!”

“It  was  a  middle-aged  woman,  once 
pretty,  still  not  plain,  with  gray in  her 
hair,  that  had  been of  a splendid  glossy 
black—a woman  shabby as  Bell  herself, 
and  with  the same sort of delicate, sway­
ing figure.  As the girl  looked  at  her, she 
looked  up  and  spoke:

“ Have they all  gone home?”
“ Yes,” said Bell.
“Then  there  is  no  chance of  getting 
my  wages,” sighed  the woman.  “1 tried 
to  get  here,  but  Pve  been  sick,  and  I

We  carry  the  largest  line  in  field  and 
garden  seeds  of  any  house in  the  State 
west of Detroit, such  as Clover, Timothy, 
Hungarian,  Millet,  Bed  Top;  all  kinds 
of  Seed  Corn.  Barley,  Peas,  in  fact any­
thing you  need  iu  seeds.

S eedS
$1.25 a case.W. T, LBMORESUX  i GO.,

We pay  the  highest  price for  Eggs,  at 
all  times.  We  sell  Egg  Cases  No.  1  at 
35c,  Egg  case fillers,  10  sets  in  a case at 

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3

3U IU   FOR  BUSINESS 1

Do you want to do your customers justice?
Do you want to increase your trade in a safe way?
Do you  want the confidence of  all  who trade with you?
Would  you  like to rid  yourself  of  the  bother of  “posting” your  books  and 

“patching up” pass-book accounts?

Do you  not  want  pay  for all  the  small  items  that go  out of  your  store,  which 

yourself and clerks are so prone to forget to charge?

Did  you  ever have a pass-book  account  foot up and  balance  with the  corres­

ponding ledger account without having  to  “doctor”  it?

Do  not  many of  your  customers  complain tjiat  they have  been  charged  for 
items they never  had,  and is not your  memory a little  clouded  as  to  whether they 
have or not?

Then  why  not  adopt a system of  crediting  that will  abolish  all  these  and a 
hundred other objectionable features of  the old  method,  and  one  that  establishes 
a CASH  BASIS  of  crediting?

A new era  dawns,  and  with it new  commodities for its  new demands;  and  all 

enterprising merchants should keep abreast with  the times and adopt either the

Tradesman  or  Superior  Coupons,

ONE  HUNDRED  DON’TS

Condenced  Advice  to  Thinking  Drug­

gists.

Don’t  encourage  loafing  in  the  store. 
Don’t cut  regular  prices  to  draw  trade. 
Don’t  neglect to test the  goods you buy. 
Don’t take less than  three drug journals. 
Don’t forget to be polite to all customers. 
Don’t fail  to learn  the antidotes to  pois­
ons.  Don’t  think  bottles  are  accurate 
measures.  Don’t  send  out  unsightly 
looking  packages.  Don’t  neglect to  in­
sure your stock of  goods.  Don’t  allow 
the  scale  pans to  remain soiled.  Don’t 
forget that  carbolic acid  is  combustible. 
Don’t think red phenol is unusually pois­
onous.  Don’t neglect to  keep ointments 
in a cool place.  Don’t think  that  drops 
are always the  same  size.  Dont  ‘’orget 
that  alcohol  stains  varnished  surfaces. 
Don’t forget to become familiar with new 
remedies.  Don’t  cause  an explosion  by 
pouring acids into water.  Don’t let col­
ors in  the show  globes  become  muddy. 
Don’t  induce  ignorant  or  lazy  boys  to 
study pharmacy.  Don’t  talk to  custom­
ers  while dispensing prescriptions.  Don’t 
scowl at  the poor  and smile  on  the  rich 
customer. 
Don’t  permit  unregistered 
drug clerks  to  run  your  store.  Don’t 
forget  that  Socotrine  aloes  is the  only 
kind official.  Don’t  forget  that  alumen 
designates the  potassium  alum.  Don’t 
make a  practice of  forgetting what  you 
never knew.  Don’t lose  your  presence 
of mind  when an accident occurs.  Don’t 
forget  that  phosphorus  is  a  dangerous 
article  to  handle.  Don’t  forget  that 
quinine  will  preserve  mucilage,  paste, 
etc.  Don’t forget that  a  “want” book is 
of no value unless used. Don’t forget that 
a good druggist is not necessarily a  doc­
tor.  Don’t  keep  books  of  reference 
where you can’t find  them.  Don’t call  a 
one-eighth ounce package of morphine  a 
drachm bottle.  Don’t  forget  that  dirty 
windows shut out trade  as well as light. 
Don’t  neglect  to  register,  according  to 
law,  every  sale  of  poison.  Don’t  use 
cheap  corks;  they are  unsatisfactory  to 
all parties.  Don’t  measure water  in  an 
oily  graduate  when  making emulsions. 
Don’t  forget that  purity  and quality  of 
medicines  are  both  important. 
Don’t 
forget that  lamps are  most liable to  ex­
plode  when  the oil  is low.  Don’t  filter 
lime water,  but keep an excess of lime in 
the  shelf  bottle.  Don’t  hesitate  about 
joining  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association.  Don’t  forget  that  pow­
dered  resin  may  produce  spontaneous 
combustion.  Don’t  forget  that  sugar
added  to  ordinary 
ink  forms  a  good 
copying ink.  Don’t  attempt to  dissolve 
chlorate  of  potassium  in  ether,  it  will 
explode.  Don’t forget to smile when the 
one-hundreth  child  asks  for  a  picture 
card.  Don’t fail  to  learn  the  physical 
characteristics  of good drugs and  prepa­
rations.  Don’t  forget  that  it  is  never 
safe to  manufacture a  preparation  from 
memory.  Don’t  forget  to  treat  your 
competitor  as  you  would  like  to  have 
him treat you.  Don’t  forget to order  in 
time goods that sell only at  certain seas­
ons of  the  year.  Don’t  imagine  that  a 
pure powdered drug can  be sold cheaper 
than the crude  article.  Don’t expect  to 
buy or sell  pure drugs as  cheap as adul­
terated  ones can  be sold.  Don’t  forget 
that it is wrong to accept apprentices who 
do  not like  the  business.  Don’t  forget 
that  a  conical  graduate  makes  a  good 
vessel for collection of sediments.  Don’t 
forget  that  your  certificate of  registra­
tion  should  be  prominently  displayed. 
Don’t forget that the United States Phar­
macopeia is a recognized legal  standard. 
Don’t attempt  to form  an alcoholic solu­
tion of  chromic acid  unless your will  is 
made.  Don’t  forget  that  the  National 
Formulary  is the  authority  for non-offi­
cial  preparations. 
Don’t  forget  that 
actetate  of lead  loses some  of its  acetic 
acid when exposed  to the air.  Don’t dis­
pense  two  ointments at  the  same  time 
for  the same  person  in similar  vessels. 
Don’t  place an  oily vessel  into  the sink 
where 
it  will  soil  others-  more  easily 
cleaned.  Don’t permit dirt, dust,  flies or 
unclean  boys to collect around your soda 
fountain.  Don’t  forget  that  saltpetre 
and sulphur  may explode, if pounded  in 
an  iron mortar.  Don’t  forget  that glob­
ular show bottles  have focused the sun’s 
rays and caused  fires.  Don’t forget  that

liquors. 

the  powders 

granulated  gum  arabie  dissolves  more I 
readily  than  the  powdered.  Don’t  for­
get that the exercise  of eternal  vigilance 
is the  best safeguard  against  accidents. 
Don’t  throw  spoiled  drugs or  prepara­
tions  out  of  the  back  door;  they  may 
cause harm.  Don’t forget  that  carbolic 
acid  coagulates  collodion,  and  creosote 
forms a clear solution.  Don’t keep such 
explosive chemicals as picrates, gun  cot­
ton,  etc.,  where  they  can  do  damage. 
Don’t  forget  that  lampblack,  in  large 
quantities,  has  been  known  to take  fire 
spontaneously.  Don’t make  a pill  mass 
too soft  at first; it  is far easier to soften 
than  to harden a  pill mass.  Don’t tell  a 
customer that he is a fool,  for nine times 
out of ten he will think the same of you. 
Don’t  forget that  chlorate  of potassium 
and iodide of  iron  are  incompatible,  as 
iodine is  liberated.  Don’t  absent  your­
self from the store more than is necessary; 
people like to meet the proprietor.  Don’t 
forget that the best friends  of the metric 
system are those who make the most  use 
of  it.  Don’t  forget  that  anilin  colors 
fade  with  age;  records  should  not  be 
written  with anilin  ink.  Don’t  forget 
that the  evaporation of a  solution of hy­
drochlorate  of  cocaine  decomposes  the 
salt.  Don’t  forget  that  bisulphide  of 
carbon,  ether,  benzin,  rhigolin,  benzol, 
gasolin,  etc.,  are explosive.  Don’t forget 
that dilute  sulphurous acid  will  remove 
bichromate of potassium stains  from  the 
skin.  Don’t  forget  that  chlorine water 
and  many  other  preparations  spoil  if 
kept in  stock any  length of time.  Don’t 
forget  to  cover  the  funnel  when  fil­
tering,  or  the  percolator when  percolat­
ing  alcoholic 
Don’t  permit 
graduates,  mortars,  etc.,  to stand around 
dirty;  it  is  much  easier  to  clean  them 
immediately.  Don’t  forget  that  some 
of 
left  after  exhaus­
tion by percolation  make fine microscop­
ic  objects.  Don’t  divulge  information 
about  customers;  you  are  in  common 
with  the  doctor  and  lawyer in  this re­
that  physicians 
spect.  Don’t  forget 
sometimes intentionally  prescribe  phar­
maceutically 
incompatible  mixtures. 
Don’t forget that the apothecaries’  ounce 
contains  480 grains,  while  the  avoirdu­
pois’  weighs  only  437K  grains.  Don’t 
forget that  a physician’s  patronage may 
cost  you  more  than  it  is worth  if you 
are  over-anxious to  hold  it.  Don’t  for­
get  that  cherry-laurel  water  and  mor­
phine salts are liable to  form the poison­
ous cyanidide of morphine.  Don’t forget 
that  cocaine  and  borax  form  an 
in­
soluble  borate  of  cocaine,  while  boric 
acid and cocaine  do not.  Don’t  imagine 
that  it  requires  less  work to  clean  the 
show  cases  once  a  month  than to  rub 
them off every morning.  Don’t dispense 
poisons 
in  old  patent  or  proprietary 
medicine  bottles;  serious  accidents  fre­
quently occur in  such cases.  Don’t  for­
get to eat at  regular hours  and take  the 
usual  amount of time for meals that oth­
er business  men enjoy.  Don’t  use  saw­
dust  to catch  the drippings of  oil  tanks 
or  barrels; 
it  may  cause  spontaneous 
combustion; sand  is safer.  Don’t  forget 
that in  dispensing a  solution all  the  in­
gredients should  be dissolved  before  the 
preparation  leaves  the store.  Don’t for­
get  that  there  are a  thousand  and  one 
deodorizers  for  iodoform,  and  that cou- 
marin  is probably as good as any.  Don’t 
forget  that when  alcohol  and water  are 
mixed the  combined  volume  is less than 
the  sum  of  the  two  separate  liquors. 
Don’t forget that the druggist who makes 
a failure of his  own  business knows how 
to run every  other store in the neighbor­
hood.  Don’t  forget  that  sulphuretted 
hydrogen  water 
is  best  preserved  in 
glass stoppered  bottles,  with  the stopper 
protected  by  vaselin.  Don’t forget  that 
chloral  and  cyanide of  potassium  mutu­
ally decompose  each other,  and  that  hy­
drocyanic  acid  is  one  of the  products. 
Don’t forget that many celluloid  articles 
can  be  mended  by  covering  the  edge 
with  glacial  acetic  acid  and  pressing 
them  firmly  together.  Don’t  make  fun 
of  customers  who  call  for  “campfire,” 
“rosum,”  “glycerin oil,”  etc.; they know 
what they  want and  are ready  to pay for 
it. 

H .  M.  W ii k i.p i .e y .

California has 2,675 of the  giant  trees 
still left,  and one of these the  largest  is 
thirty-three feet in  diameter.

COUPON  BOOK vs. PASS  BOOK.

We beg leave to call  your  attention to 
our coupon book and ask you to carefully 
consider  its  merits. 
It takes  the  place 
of  the  pass  book  which  you  now hand 
your customer and ask him  to bring each 
time  he  buys  anything,  that  you  may 
enter  the  article  and  price  in  it.  You 
know  from  experience that  many times 
the  customer  does  not  bring the  book, 
and,  as  a  result,  you  have  to  charge 
many  items  on  your  book  that  do  not 
appear on the customer’s pass book.  This 
is sometimes  the  cause of  much ill  feel­
ing  when  bills  are  presented.  Many 
times the pass  book is  lost,  thus  causing 
considerable 
trouble  when  settlement 
day  comes.  But  probably  the  most  se­
rious objection to the pass book system is 
that many  times while  busy  waiting  on 
customers  you  neglect  to  make  some 
charges,  thus  losing  many  a  dollar;  or, 
if  you  stop to make  those  entries,  it  is 
done  when  you can  illy a'fford  the time, 
as  you  keep  customers  waiting  when it 
might be avoided.  The aggregate amount 
of  time consumed in a month  in  making 
these small  entries  is  no inconsiderable 
thing,  but,  by  the  use  of  the  coupon 
system,  it is avoided.
Now as to the use of the  coupon  book: 
Instead of giving your customer the pass 
book,  you hand  him  a coupon  book,  say 
of the denomination  of  $10,  taking  his 
note  for  the  amount.  When  he  buys 
anything,  he  hands  you  or  your  clerk 
the  book,  from  which  you  tear  out 
coupons for the amount purchased,  be  it 
1 cent,  12 cents,  75  cents  or  any  other 
sum.  As the book never  passes  out  of 
your customer’s hands,  except when you 
tear off the coupons,it is just like so much 
money to him,  and when the coupons are 
all gone,  and he  has had  their  worth  in 
goods,  there is  no  grumbling  or  suspi­
cion of wrong  dealing. 
In  fact,  by the 
use of the coupon  book,  you  have all  the 
advantages of both  the  cash  and  credit 
systems and none  of  the  disadvantages 
of either.  The coupons  taken  in,  being 
put into the cash drawer,  the  aggregate 
amount of them,  together with the  cash, 
shows at once  the  day’s  business.  The 
notes, which are  perforated  at  one  end 
so that they can be readily detached from 
the book,  can  be  kept  in  the  safe  or 
money drawer until the  time has arrived

for the makers to  pay  them.  This  ren­
ders  unnecessary the keeping of accounts 
with each customer and  enables  a  mer­
chant to avoid the friction  and  ill  feel­
ing incident to the use of the pass  book. 
As the notes bear interest after a certain 
date,  they  are  much  easier  to  collect 
than  book  accounts,  being  prima  facie 
evidence of indebtedness  in  any court of 
law or equity.
One of the strong points of the coupon 
system is  the  ease  with  which  a  mer­
chant is enabled  to  hold  his  customers 
down to a certain  limit of  credit.  Give 
some men a pass book and a line  of  $10, 
and they will  overrun  the  limit  before 
you discover it.  Give them a ten  dollar 
coupon book,  however,  and  they  must 
necessarily stop when they have obtained 
goods to that amount.  It  then  rests with 
the merchant to determine whether he will 
issue  another  boob  before  the  one  al­
ready used is paid  for.
In many  localities  merchants  are  sell­
ing  coupon  books  for  cash  in  advance, 
giving a discount of from 2 to 5 per cent, 
for advance payment.  This is especially 
pleasing  to  the  cash  customer,  because 
it gives him an advantage over the patron 
who  runs  a  book-  account  or  buys  on 
credit.  The cash man  ought to have  an 
advantage  over the credit  customer,  and 
this  is easily  accomplished  in  this  way 
without  making  any actual  difference in 
the  prices of  goods—a  thing which  will 
always create dissatisfaction and  loss.
Briefly stated,the coupon system is pref­
erable to the pass book  method  because it 
(1)  saves the time consumed  in  recording 
the  sales on  the pass  book  and  copying 
same in  blotter,  day  book and  ledger;  (2) 
prevents  the  disputing  of  accounts;  (3) 
puts the obligation  in  the form of a note, 
which is prima facte evidence of  indebt­
edness;  (4)  enables  the  merchant  to col­
lect  interest on overdue notes,  which  he 
is unable to do with  ledger  accounts:  (5) 
holds  the customer  down to the  limit of 
credit established  by the  merchant,  as it 
is almost  impossible to do  with  the  pass 
book.
Are  not  the  advantages  above  enu­
merated sufficient to warrant a trial of the 
coupon  system?  If  so,  order  from  the 
largest  manufacturers of  coupons  in  the 
country and address your letters to

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G R A N D   R A P I D S .

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THE  MICHIGrA-ISr  TRADESMAN

AMONG  THE TRADE.
ABOUND  THE  STATE.

Palmyra—E.  Nichols  has removed  his 

general  stock to Clayton.

Elkton—Vogel & Weber  succeeds  Vo­

gel Bros,  in general trade.

Drydeu—Ira E. Parker succeeds Parki r 

Bros,  in the drug business.

Perry—Henry Wallace has  bought the 

furniture stock of C.  F.  Bott.

Elmer—Joseph J.  Triekey  has sold his 

general stock to A.  D.  Pitcher.

Lakeview—J.  M.  Beach  has  sold  his 

hardware stock to J.  L.  Crittenden.

Gladstone—Marble  &  Foss  have  sold 

their jewelry stock  to M.  H.  Rowland.

Howell—Edw.  K.  Johnson  succeeds 

Stowe & Johnson in the drug business.

Wheeler—H.  C.  Breckenridge  has sold 

his hardware stock to J.  Breckenridge.

Monroe Center—Geo. H. Wightman has 
sold  his  general  stock to Crane & Clark.
Marquette—Wm.  J.  Van  Kleek  has 
sold  his  furniture stock  to  Carl Tonella 
& Co.

Niles—Edgar Woodruff,  of  the grocery 
and crockery  firm of J. & E.  Woodruff,  is 
dead.

Tecumseh—J.  M.  Jones succeeds Jones 
& Hazlett  in the merchant  tailoring  bus­
iness.

East Tawas—J.  L.  Robinson,  general 
dealer,  has been  closed on  chattel  mort­
gaged.

Milford—Johns  &  Lawrence  are  suc­
ceeded  by  Orvis & Groin  in  the  grocery 
business.

Palm Station—Wagner Bros,  have sold 
to  Leander  W. 

stock 

their  general 
Thompson.

the stock to that place  and consolidate it 
with their own  stock.

Leroy—M.  V.  Gundrum  &  Co.  have 
opened  a branch  store at  Traverse City 
under  the  management of  the  younger 
Mr.  Maurer.  The  new store  will carry 
lines of clothing,  hats  and caps,  furnish­
ing goods and  boots and shoes.

Collins—S.  S.  Burnett retired  from the 
firm  of  S.  S.  Burnett  &  Co.,  general 
dealers, on  October  24,  and  will  remove 
to Lake Ann and engage in general trade. 
The  business  will  be  continued  at  this 
place  by  the  remaining  partner,  J.  H. 
Putnam.

Shelby—C. C.  Wheeler,  of  the  firm  of 
Wh. eler  Bros.,  will  shortly  take up  his 
residence near  Concord,  N.  II.,  in  hopes 
the change will  benefit  his wife's  health. 
He still  retains  his  interest  in  the  firm 
of Wheeler Bros,  and his  land  in the  Up- 
; per Peninsula.

Aiuger—C.lF.  Meads and  Chas.  Wood- 
' bury  have  sold  their  grocery  stocks  to 
Henry E.  Green, general dealer at Olivet,
: who  has  consolidated  the stocks  in  the j 
building formerly occupied  by Mr.  Meads 
i under the management of Mr. Woodbury. 
Mr.  Meads contemplates locating at Scott- 
ville and  engaging in  the drug  business.
Saginaw—A chattel mortgage has been 
j  executed  by R.  B.  Martiui, general dealer 
at Akron.  Tuscola  county,  to  J.  M.  Mor- 
i ley, of this city as trustee.  The amount 
I named  in  the  mortgage  js  $4,767.00,  in 
I favor  of  eight  creditors,  among  whom 
I are two firms in this city to the extent of 
j $1,200.  The liabilities  are  about $8,000.

MANUFACTUBIN©  MATTERS.

Marquette—A.  H.  Holland  has  bought 
the  tobacco  and  cigar  stock  of  Frank 
Green wald.

Belding—W.  F.  Bricker  has  opened  a 
clothing stock  in one  of the stores  in  his 
new block.

Charlevoix—J.  H.  Mulliu  has removed 
his stock of  clothing from  White  Cloud 
to this place.

Onekama—Geo.  A.  Barstow  has  pur­
chased the general stock  of the Onekama 
Lumber Co.

Watson—A.  Fassett  has  enlarged  and 
improved  his store building and put  in a 
line of groceries.

Battle Creek—A.  N.  Buckner  has pur­
chased William  Farlin’s meat  market  at 
49>£  West Canal street.

Grand  Ledge—S.  S.  Fowler  &  Co.  are 
succeeded  by  Geo.  L.  Coryell  in  the 
crockery,  bazaar and confectionery  busi­
ness.

Byron Center — Danu  &  Uyder  have 
sold  their meat market  to  Levett  Bros., 
who will continue the business at the old 
stand.

Cedar Springs—B.  A. Fish has resumed 
the  grocery  business.  The  stock  was 
furnished  by  Andrew  Wierengo,  of  Mus­
kegon.

Harbor  Springs—L.  A.  (Mrs.  W.  S.) 
Canfield  is succeeded  by Henry  A  Robin­
son  in  the  confectionery  and  tobacco 
business.

Reed City—Patrick  &  Niergarth  have 
removed  their general  stock  from  Leroy 
to this place,  having been  open  for busi­
ness several days.

Onekama—B.  Burmeister  and  R.  F. 
Wendell  are erecting new store buildings 
on  the  sites  of  tbeir  old  ones,  which 
were recently destroyed  by fire.

Breedsville—It  is  reported  that  S.  C. 
Sibole has sold  her general stock to A. B. 
Lee & Co.,  of  Bangor,  who  will  remove

Roscommon — P.  H.  Matheson  &  Co. 
have begun manufacturing cedar shingles.
Pentwater—Phillips & Jensen  succeed 
i  J.  C.  Jensen  as  proprietors of  the  Pent- 
j water Novelty Iron  Works.

Muskegon—Hudson  &  Co.  have  pur- 
j chased  the Beaudry,  Champagne  &  Co.
| mill  site and  will occupy the same with a 
shingle  mill  which they  purchased  from 
I C.  A.  Crosby, of Greenville.

Harrison—Lyman  Williams  is  remov- 
j iug his shingle mill  from Cranberry Lake 
j  to this  point,  where he  has  a large  con- 
I tract for cutting the shingle timber  on  a 
j 35,000,000  foot  tract  owned  by  Wilson, 
Stone & Wilson.

Port  Huron—Robert  M.  Campbell 

is 
erecting a planing mil!  here. 
It will  be 
three  stcries  high,  constructed  of  brick 
j and  stone,  covering  a  ground  area  of 
150x100  feet,  with  a  boiler  and  engine 
| house 30x40 feet.

Sault Ste. Marie—Frank Ferry has pur­
chased 50,000,000 feet of pine on the Two 
¡Hearted  River of  the  Calumet  &  Heela 
| Mining  Co.  The  consideration  is  re- 
j  ported at $176,000,  and  20,000,000 feet of 
j timber will be lumbered  this winter.

Manistee—Filer  &  Sons’  sawiniil  was 
shut  down  last  week to make  some  re- 
j pairs  to  the  salt  well. 
It  shows  how 
j  much  the  lumber is subordinate  to  the 
salt,  when mill  men  think  it  will  not pay 
I to run  the mill  without the  block  going 
too.

Flint—Geo.  T.  Warren & Co. have con­
cluded  to  remove  their  cigar factory  to 
Saginaw,  having 
three-story 
i and  basement  brick  building,  50x90  feet 
in  dimensions.  The  present  force  of 
sixty  hands  will  be  considerably 
in- 
I creased.

leased  a 

Clare—David Lockwood  has purchased 
the Chaffee sawmill,  in Greenwood town- 
j ship,  Clare  county, and  a  large tract  of 
I hard and soft  timber in the  same  town-

| ship.  The mill has  been  removed to the 
| timber,  being  located  only  half  a  mile 
from the railroad.

Detroit—The Michigan Check  Register 
Co.,  capital  stock  $14,000,  has  been  in­
corporated  by  John  F.  Eby,  F.  Fayram. 
John  A.  Heames,  F.  U.  Blackman.  Frank 
S.  Ring.  F.  H.  Farnsworth.  William  C. 
Sprague,  Harry  Sunley  and  James  L. 
Bennett.

Boyne City—Wm.  H. White & Co. have 
purchased  the Wm. Mears hardwood saw­
mill  and  water  power,  at  Boyne Falls, i 
and will operate the same under  the man­
agement  of  Chas.  Thompson.  Messrs. 
White  &  Co.  will  continue  to  operate 
their  hardwood  mil!  here  and  have  con­
tracted  to  handle  the  product  of  the 
hardwood mill  at  Deer Lake.  The  com­
bined  capacity of the  three mills  is  12.- ; 
000,000 feet per annum.

Trout Creek—The Trout Creek Lumber 
Co., which is putting in  a fine plant  here, 
is about  ready to  begin cutting.  One of 
the  band  saws  has  been  started  to  cut 
out  material  for  trestles,  and the  other 
band and  gang will  be started  as soon  as 
possible.  The  mill will  have a capacity j 
of  100,000  feet  a day  and  will  compete j 
for the eastern car  trade,  making ail  rail j 
shipments  from their mill  east vi/i  Sault 
Ste.  Marie and the Canadian  Pacific Rail- ■ 
way.

Black  River—The  rumor  that  Alger, j 
Smith  &  Co.  contemplate  winding  up  j 
their  business  here  is  denied,  as  they j 
have  still  a large  quantity  of  timber  in | 
Alcona,  Oscoda,  Montmorency 
and I 
Presque Isle counties.  They  will extend 
their  railroad  into  Presque  Isle county, 
where lumbering contracts have been  let.  I 
It is  also reported that  they  will  build a j 
branch  road  from  town  83-4 in  Presque | 
Isle to Twin  Lakes in the southwest cor­
ner of Montmorency county.

Marquette—We  have  been  having  a ! 
large  amount of  rain  lately,  which  bids 
fair  to  help  out  some  of  the  sawmills 
with  logs,  which  otherwise  would  have 
to  shut  down.  J.  C.  Brown  has a large 
force of  men  on  the  Dead  River,  trying 
to  get  down  the  McGraw 
logs,  which 
have  been  hung  up  on that  stream  all 
summer. 
If  he  does  not  succeed  the 
Cleveland Saw Mill Co.’s mill in this city | 
will have  to  suspend operations  for  the i 
season.
Another  Convert  to  the  Cash System.
Chas.  B.  Johnson,  the  Palo grocer  and 
latest  convert  to  the 
druggist,  is  the 
closer-to-cash-system,  having promulgat­
ed  the  following  circular  among  his 
trade:

A  NEW  DEPARTURE.

Commencing with November 10,1 shall 
close  my  books  and  sell  for  cash  and 
cash  only.
Any  responsible person desiring credit 
can obtain  the same on 30  days’ time  by 
purchasing  a  Tradesman  coupon  book, 
the workings of which  1  will explain  to 
any one  who may desire to use same.
For several years I  have paid cash  for 
butter, eggs,  etc.,  and  my  customers  all 
know  they can  obtain cash  any time  for 
any of these products. 
I  shall  continue 
to do the same in  the future.
If  my  customers  stand  by  me in  this 
new departure,  1 shall  from  time to time 
reduce the price  on  all  goods which  will 
admit of a reduction. 
I know  I can  sell  j 
cheaper for cash than  on the old system.
Thanking you  for your kindness in the 
past,  and  wishing 1  may merit  a  liberal 
share of your  patronage  in  future,  I  re­
main, 

Yours respectfully,

Ch a s .  B .  J o h n s o n .

A  P r o m in e n t P e r s o n a g e . 

Jawkins—“Who  is  that  man  yonder 
who goes along with his nose in  the air?” 
Hogg—“ ’Sh!  He’s  a  mighty  impor­
tant  personage.  His  picture  and  bi­
ography are in  all the papers.”

Jawkins—“What has he done?”
Hogg—“He’s the man  who  was  cured 

of catarrh.”

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted  under  this  head for 
two  cents  a  word  the  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  Insertion.  No  advertise- 
ment taken for less than 25 cents.  Advance  payment.

B U SIN E S S   C H A N C E S .

317

T"vRUG  8TOREFOK  SALK  AT  A  BARGAIN  IN  THE 
_L/  growing  village  of  Caledonia,  surrounded  by 
rich farming country.  Will  sell on easy terms.  Must 
quit the  business on account of  poor health.  Address
J. W. Armstrong, Caledonia. Mich.____________ 319
TX)R SALE—FRESH  STOCK  GROCERIES.  WILL IN- 
Jl 
ventory  about  $700.  Centrally  located  In  this 
city.  Good  business  and  good  reasons  for  selling. 
Address No. 317. care  Michigan Tradesman. 

Both water and steam power.  Can load goods directly 

I TOR  SALE — HARDWOOD  LUMBER  MILL,  SIX 

I^OR SALE —AT A BARGAIN, FURNITURE  FACTORY 

-  miles  from  railroad, with  plenty  of  timber  for 
several years’ cut.  8hingie machine  in running order 
if desired.  Saw mill ready to set  up.  Teams, tracks, 
sleighs,  shop  and  building all  In order to begin work 
at  once.  Address  J.  J.  Robbins,  Stanton,  Mich,  or 
Hunter, & Reid, 121 Ottawa street. Grand Rapids. 
312
with capacity for fifty men.  Seven acres of land. 
from store  house on  cars of  two  railroads.  Address
Lowell Furniture  Co.. Lowell, Mich.__________ 323
I70R  SALE-DRUG  STOCK.  INVENTORYING. $1,*00. 
r  
In  good  town  of  1,500  inhabitants  in  best  fruit 
growing county in Michigan.  Easy terms to a hustler. 
Reasons  for  selling,  sickness in the  family.  Address
**Zinziber,M care Michigan Tradesman.________ 321
1TOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MERCHANDISE, 
JC  which  will  invoice  $4,000. store, residence,  bam  
and one acre of  land, located in the  best wheat  grow­
ing  section of  Central  Michigan.  Will  take  half  in 
good farming land.  Address  Lock  Box  ll.W aconsta,
Mich. 
OR 8 ALE OR EXCHANGE-STOCK OF GROCERIES, 
well  located in city;  will  invoice  $800.  Enquire
at No  78 Stocking street. 
327___
ITOR  SALÉ—A  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRUGS.  GRO- 
E   ceries and crockery.  Doing  good  business.  For 
particulars, address J. M.  Shaffer, Gladwin, Mich.  322 
IT OR  SALE—CLEAN  AND  CAREFULLY  SELECTED 
F   grocery stock,  located at a good couutry trading 
point.  Business  well  established.  Address  A.  C.
Adams, Administrator, Morley. Mich.__________ 313
TTTANTED—I  HAVE  8POT  CASH  TO  RAY  FOR  A 
VV  general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad­
dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman.___________ 26

32*

 

 

S IT U A T IO N S   W A N T E D .

\ \ r ANTED—SITUATION AS TRAVELING SALESMAN, 
glassware or specialty house  preferred, by man 
of experience who has best of references.  Address 115
Charles street. Grand Rapids. Mich.___________ 325
t i  VANTED—SITUATION'S  CLERK OR BOOK-KEEP- 
\  |  
er in general retail or wholesale  grocery house, 
by  young  man of  three  years’  experience  in  either 
capacity.  Write  me at  once.  Address  Lock  Box 357,
Harrison. Mich. 
IT T  ANTED—SITUATION  AS  BOOK-KEEPER  BY  A 
i t  married  man  who  can  give the  best of  refer­
ences.  Address  No.  305,  care  Michigan  Tradesman, 
Grand Rapids. 

320

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M ISCK LL.AN EO U S.

311

H o r se s  fo r  sa l e—o n e  se v e n -y e a r  o ld  f il

ly, one three-year-old  filly,  and  one six-year-old 
gelding—all sired by Louis Napoleon,  dam by Wiscon­
sin Banner (Morgan].  All fine, handsome, and speedy; 
never been  tracked.  Address  J.  J. Robbins, Stanton, 
Mich. 

ment.  Corner  lot  and  5-room  house  on  North 
Lafayette  St.,  cellar,  brick  foundation,  soft  water 
in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to  suit.  Address No.  187, 
care Michigan Tradesman._____________________ 187

FOR  SALE—CHEAP  ENOUGH  FOR  AN  INVEST- 
F~  OR  SALE  OR  RENT—CORNER  LOT  AND 5-ROOM 
IU  NOR  RENT—A GOOD  STORE  ON  SOUTH  DIVISION 

house on North  Lafayette st., cellar, brick found­
ation  and  soft  water  in  kitchen.  $1.900.  Terms  to 
suit.  Cheap enough  for  an  investment.  Address No 
187, care Michigan Tradesman._________________ 187.

street—one of  the  best  locations  on  the  street. 
Desirable  for the  dry goods  business, as  it  has  been 
used for the dry goods business for three years.  Size, 
22x80  feet, with  basement.  Geo. K. Nelson, 68 Monroe
street.______________________________________ 326
|  \XTANTED—YOUNG  SINGLE  MAN  WITH  ONE  OR 
I  v i  
two years* experience in the dry goods business. 
Wages moderate.  Address  304, care  Michigan Trades­
man. 

304

Grand  Rapids  Mich.,

G. R. MAYHEW,
Wales  Goodyear  Bites,

JO B B E R   OF

Woonsocket Rubbers,

Whitcomb  $  Paine's  Calf  Boots.

We never injure our own  character  so 
much as when  we attack those of  others.

W rit«  fo r P ric e s .

t h e   M i o m a ^ L j s r   t r a d e s m a n
John Smyth,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
grocery business on  West Leonard street, 
but for the past six years connected with 
the compressed  yeast  department  of  L. 
Wiuternitz,  has  gone 
to 
take 
the 
“Fermentum” 
agency in  that city.  His  employer  and 
associates  presented  him  with a  hand­
some  masonic  emblem  previous  to  his 
departure.

stocks of Cheese.

to  Toledo 

charge  of 

5

Now is  the  time  to  lay  in  winter 
Don’t take chances on inferior 
-AMBOY-

grades, but buy the old reliable

The  best  keepers  and  the best  cheese 
made.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Olson  Bros.,  grocers,  have moved  from 
337  East  Bridge  street  to  44  Stocking! 
street.

L.  0.  Dahlem  has  opened  a  grocery 
and  notion  store  at  the  corner of  Broad­
way and Butterworth  avenue.

J. Sanford,  late of  the  Central market, 
has  opened  a  market  at  the  corner  of 
Hall street and Madison  avenue.

Jas.  L.  Felton  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Burnip’s  Corners.  The  Ball- 
Barnhart-Futman  Co. 
the 
stock.

furnished 

The local  peach crop  began coming  in 
July 33 and  stray  lots of Smocks are still 
coming  to  market,  meeting  with  lively 
demand  at the hands of dealers who have 
standing  orders  for  late  arrivals.  The 
crop has  never  before lasted  so long  in 
this  vicinity,  two months being the usual 
outside  limit.

Purely  Personal.

L.  R.  Lansing,  the  Wayland  grocer, 

was in town Monday.

II.  M.  Patrick,  the  Reed  City  general 

dealer,  was in town  Monday.

H.  F.  Hastings  leaves  Nov.  3  for  Col­
orado  Springs,  where  he  will  spend  a 
few  weeks—possibly the entire winter.

Carl  L.  Maurer,  of  the  firm  of  M.  V. 
Gundrum & Co., general  dealers at Leroy 
and Traverse City,  was in  town Monday.
Arthur  K.  Wheeler,  Treasurer  of  the 
Lemon & Wheeler  Company,  is spending 
a week  or ten  days  with friends  at  To­
ledo.

C.  U.  Felt,  the Constantine druggist,  is 
seriously  ill  with  a  complication of liver 
and  lung  troubles.  He  is  undergoing 
treatment at Jackson.

Dr.  W.  S.  Terrill,  formerly manager of 
the Mill’s drug  store  at  Sand  Lake,  has 
returned to Muir and  taken  the  manage­
ment of his  father’s drug store.

Wm.  H.  White,  of  the  lumbering  firm 
of Wm.  II.  White &  Co.  and the  mercan­
tile  firm  of  White  &  Fairchild,  Boyne 
City,  was  in  town  Monday on his way  to 
Buffalo.

C.  F.  Meads,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  at  Ainger,  was in town 
one  day  last  week on  his  way to Scott 
ville,  where  he  contemplates embarking 
in  the drug business.

The drug  trade of  the State  will sym­
pathize with  H.  J.  Brown,  the  Ann  Ar­
bor  pharmacist, 
loss  of  his 
daughter,  a  beautiful  girl  of  14  years, 
whose  death  occurred  about two  weeks 
ago.

in  the 

Chas.  E.  Olney  and  family  have  re­
turned  from  Thompson,  Conn.,  where 
they spent  the  summer.  Mr.  Olney and 
son,  Geo.  E.,  leave  about  November  30 
for Santa Barbara via New  York and the 
Isthmus of Panama,  the  voyage by ocean 
and rail occupying about thirty days.

Chas.  E.  Mahan,  of  the  firm  of  C.  L. 
Martin  &  Co.,  druggists  at  Elk  Rapids, 
was  in  town all  last  week,  placing  his 
orders for holiday and winter goods.  He 
was  accompanied  by  his  wife,  both  of i 
whom  hugely enjoyed their brief  respite 
from  business cares.

Fred  J.  McMurtrie,  of  the  drug  firm 
of  McMurtrie  &  Sou,  at Three  Rivers, 
brought  an  opossum  home  with  him 
from  Huntsville,  Ala.  At  several hotels 
en route  he  was  compelled  to take  the 
little  animal  to  his room  to prevent  his 
confiscation  at the  hands of  the colored 
servants.

Many  of  the  druggists  who  attended 
the pharmacy  meeting at Ann Arbor last 
week feel  as though  the  Association  did 
an  uncharitable  act in  failing to re-elect 
C.  A.  Bugbee as Secretary,  in view of his 
active interest  in the  work and  the cus­
tom  which  has  heretofore  prevailed in 
the Association  of giving faithful  secre­
taries  a  re-election.  The  T r a d e s m a n  
is  assured  by  several  members  of  the 
Association  that the action should not be 
considered in  the  light of a slight by  Mr. 
Bugbee,  as it  was due solely  to the super­
ior wire pulling tactics of his competitor.

Keep Your Eye on the Jew.

He  always  was  prominent,  but  he  is 
looming up more than ever now.  When 
he  takes  a  holiday,  business  drops  off 
two-thirds with every financial  exchange 
in  the  world. 
In  his  activity and  dis­
tinctness all  through the  centuries he  is 
indeed  a miracle.  The toughness  of  the 
fellow is marvelous—he never gives  out. 
In  all  our cities he crowds out all  others. 
It is  not only  in  old  clothes but  in  new 
ones  that  he  is supreme. 
In  other  de­
partments of trade, too,he is found at the 
front.  Read the signs  as you pass along 
the business  streets—old familiar  names 
have  passed  away  for  new  ones  diffi­
cult  to  pronounce. 
Judge  Hilton,  of 
New  York,  excluded  the  Hebrew  from 
his  hotel  at  Saratoga;  and  that  decree 
turned  the Jews  from  the  Judge’s  store 
on  Broadway.  Losing the Jewish trade, 
he  had  to  sell  out.  That’s  the  story. 
The theologians  tell  us  that  wonderful 
things  will  be  seen in  the world  before 
the  close  of  the  century.  Maybe  they 
know;  maybe they don’t.  Anyway,  it  is 
wise  for  all  business  people  to  keep 
their eyes on  the Jew.  He has  the  dia­
monds,  the  ducats,  the  dollars  and  the 
push.  When  he  comes along as  a  rival 
in trade,  the  average  man  must  be wide 
awake or he  will be distanced.
Curb  Your  Temper.

Don’t get angry  at trifles.  Look  at vex­
atious now as  you  will view  them thirty 
days  from  date.  The  angry  man  who 
gets the  wrong key  and  pushes  and rat­
tles  the  door  until  he breaks  the lock, 
loses more  time than  if  he  had  quietly 
gone  for the  right  key,  and  pays  for  a 
new lock besides.

Owing  to  an oversight,  T h e   T r a d e s ­
m a n   failed to note  the  decline  in  new 
test  Water White oil,  two  weeks ago,  al­
though  the  quotations  were  reduced  in 
the  Price  Current.  The old  test Water 
White,  which  will hereafter  be known  to 
the  trade  as  “Water White  Headlight,” 
to distinguish  it from  Water White oil of 
the  present  legal  standard,  is  without 
change—8}4  cents per gallon  in  barrels
Whenever you  look  at  yourself,  look 
for faults.  When  you look at others, try 
to  see  something  good.  Every  time  a 
man  thinks  of  leaving  Satan’s  service, 
the devil  promises to double  his  wages. 
God never calls  a  rascal  to  preach  the 
gospel,  but  the  devil  very  frequently 
does. 
It is not the last drink that makes 
a man a drunkard,  but the first.

Occasional  praise is wholesome as well 

as agreeable.

Will best consult their o w n   interests and 
that of their trade  if they will  post them­
selves  with  the  styles,  make  up,  perfect 
fit  and  remarkably  reasonable  prices  of 
our  entire line,  adapted for all classes of 
trade.  Our  single  aud  double  breasted

and Ulsters

;W II,I> IA M   C O N N O R ,

B ox 3 4 6 , 

M a rs h a ll,  M ich .

Overcoats

while  being worn  cannot  possibly be told  from  the best  made to order  garments. 
The demand  has  been so great  that we are making up  a large  number  more in all 
colors  and  grades, Cheviots,  Meltons.  Kerseys,  Homespuns,  Covert Cloth  in  full or 
half roll box,  top and regular cuts,  Chinchillas and Ulsters.
P  A  T   T   Q T T T T ^ l   Large selections and  newest novelties, double aud
„Inn-In  Lonnofn/]  l' o o  o  nnltltir  I Vi rua  It ii ft/tn  o n la u ’ur
£   i X i J l J  
frocks  and  regular  frock  suits,  also  Prince Albert  and other  coats and  vests  in 
“Clays”  worsted and other attractive materials.

JL  «L 

H  select  line  of pants  well  worthy  of attention.

W ILLIAM   CONNOR our Michigan  representative  during the  past nine  years 
will  be  pleased  to call  upon  you  at any  time,  if  you  will  favor  him  with a line 
addressed to him,  box 346,  Marshall,  Mich.,  where he resides.
Mr.  Connor  will  be at Sweet’s  Hotel,  Grand  Rapids,  on  Friday  and  Saturday, 
October 30th  aud  31st.

MICHAJ5L,  KOL,B  &  SON,

Wholesale Clothiers, Rochester, N. Y.

Boys’ and  Children's  Overcoats and  Suits h S ttbee?^

chants  assuring  him   th a t  they are th e  nicest, cleanest, best  m ade and  low est  in  price seen this 
season.  September, 1891.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Dry Goods Price Current.

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UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Colum bian XXX  br. 10 

7*4  Lancaster,  sta p le ...  634

to   p e r m it 
rig h ts ,  a n d  

to   b e  w o n   b y   a n y   m e a n s   a t  

¡th o s e   w h o   in d u lg e   in   i t   B u t 

i t   r e q u ite s   i t   w ith   im p ris o n -j Cabot, 

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th e ir   o w n e r s h iD  

th e   j  in g   th e s e ,  b y   tr a p s   a n d   s tr a ta g e m s ,  so,  ! 

to   th e   c ie ty   lo n g   a g o   c a m e   to   th e  c o n c lu s io n   n o t  Blackstone

A driatic 
Argyle  .. 
A tlanta AA. 
A tlantic  A .. 
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6M INewmarket  G .........6
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Persian dress  854 
C anton  ..  8*4
A FC .........12*4
T eazle.. .1014 
A ngola.. 10*4 
Persian

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“  d a tw ist  10k 
XXX  bl.19  I

Black Crow .
Black  Hock
Boot, A L__
Capital  A ...
I C avanat  V ..
'■  Chapm an cheese c l.

¡Top of the  Heap
t h e ir   A B c .........................  834|Geo.  W ashington

B R E A C H E S   O F   T R U S T   B Y   D IR E C T O R S   and  refinement  of  our  civilized  society 
The  most  sensational  event  of  the  we are too prone to forget  that  man  is at 
A m oskeag. ............... 12k|C olum blan  brow n.. 12
9 oz....... 13k  E verett, b lu e.............12.
month  in  the  financial  world  has  un- j the  bottom  a savage,  and  that  he  only 
bro w n ........12
brow n .13 
Arrow B rand  5 k   A ndover.................... i l k   H aym aker b lu e ........  7 k
doubtedly  been  the  revelation  of  the  covers  over  and  represses  his  natural 
b ro w n ...  7 V
Beaver Creek  A A ... 10 
W orld Wide..  7 
frauds  upon  the  Adams  Express  Com-  savagery by  a  self-control,  which,  fortu- 
L L ..................  5
jJaffrey........................liy j
B B ...  9 
Full Yard W ide....... 6k
Lancaster  ................ 1254
CC—  
pany  perpetrated  by  its  late  President,  nately,  with  the  vast  majority of  us has 
Georgia  A ................ 634
Boston Mfg Co.  b r..  7 
! Lawrence. 9 oz.........13>4
I Honest W idth...........63£
The item  involved of the greatest magni-  become  habitual,  but  with  a  very  con-
N o .220.... 13
654 ¡H artford A  .............. 5
No. 260___ 1154
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tude  is  the  sale  to  the  company  at an j siderable minority frequently  breaks o u t, 
5 k | Indian H ead.............  734
No. 280___ 10*4
exorbitant price of snares of stock  which ; m acis of  violence,  and  more frequently I A rchery  B u n tin g ...  4  King E C ....................5
the  President,  aided  by  the  Vice-Presi-  still,  in  the  cunning  appropriation  of j B?ackstoneof$b!.  l'2|Mataischeesecloth tv
fa n c ie s .
d e n t  a n d   tw o   o u ts id e   c o n f e d e r a te s ,  h a d  ]  p r o p e r ty   n o t  t h e i r  o w n . 
J u s t   a s   th e   s a v - 
N orm andie  8
B  ........ 534
p u rc h a s e d   fo r  a   c o m p a r a tiv e   trifle ,  b u t,  a g e   s ta r t s   o u t  in   th e   m o rn in g   to   w in   h is  
L ancashire................  6*4
N ..........  6*4
M anchester...............  5 k
D D ...  5!4
in   a d d itio n ,  a n o th e r   tr a n s a c tio n ,  in v o lv - j d in n e r   w ith   h is   b o w   a n d   a rro w ,  o r,  f a il­
_  M onogram ................   6*4
X ....... 7
8 k  ¡N orm andie...............   754
cheese c l.  3* 1X01 be  R .....................   5
in g   th e   d e lib e r a te   a p p r o p r ia tio n   b y  
6*4 ¡P ersian.......................  8 k
th o u s a n d s   o f  c iv iliz e d  m e n   lo o k   u p o n   th e   Com et.........................7  ¡Oxford  R  ..................   6 ^   A rasapha  fa n c y —   4% R enfrew  1
c u l p r i t   to   m s   o w n   u se   o f  m o n e y   b e lo n g - 
Dress......... 714
6k
ine-  to   th e   e n m n a n v   h oc 
in n ^  
,  I D wight S tar..............  734 Pequot........................  7*4  Bates W arw ick dres  8k|R osem ont
.1:.. 
staples.  6^iSlatersvill
in g   to   m e   c o m p a n y ,  h a s   a ls o   b e e n   d is -  g o o d   th in g s   o f  th i s   w o rld   a s   th e ir   la w fu l  j  C lifto n C C C ............   6*4jSolar...........................  6*4 
staples.  6 k |S la te rsv ille .............   6
C entennial...............  10k  Som erset.............. 
7
c o v e re d , a n d  th e r e   a r e   w e ll  a u th e n tic a te d   p re y , 
C rite rio n ................  10*4¡Tacoma  ....................   7*4
.
BLEACHED  COTTONS.
s to n e s  o f  a   s e rie s  o f  o th e r   f r a u d s ,  w h ic h ,  i  a n d  
Cum berland  staple.  5 k  Toil  du N o rd .......... 10*4
C um berland............. S
W abash......................  7J4
in  the  aggregate,  amount  to a very large j command.  Unfortunately  for  them,  so-! Amsburg.... V".....  7  IgoW Medal
E ssex............................4 k
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seersucker..  7 k
754
E lfin ...........................  7H
W arw ick..................  8*4
8146k
s u m .  A r g u in g   fro m  
E verett classics.......8 k
W hittenden..............   6 k
th is   m a r a u d in g   u p o n   p r iv a te   Beats A ll...................  4*4 H ope...........................  754  I  E xposition................7*4
u n k n o w n , 
th e r e   is  ro o m   fo r   s u s p e c tin g  
heather  dr.  8 
indigo blue  9 
G lenarie....................  6*4
J u st  O ut........  4k@   5 
?°.st9n ....................... 1? 
th a t  a   th o ro u g h   in v e s tig a tio n   m a y   b r in g  
¡King  P h illip __
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G lenarven.................  6 k
W am sutta staples...  6 k
OP 
6k 
Cabot,  %. 
W estbrook................   S
G lenw ood.........’....... 7 k
to   lig h t  f u r th e r   fa c ts   o f  a   s im ila r   c h a r-  j m e u t  a n d   o th e r   p u n is h m e n ts ,  b e s id e s   ~
C harter  Oak.
5 k  ¡Lonsdale Cambric
H am pton................... 6 k
....................... 10
acter,  and  greatly swell  the  sum total of | fixing the stigma of  its reprobation  upon j Conway w .........7k!Lonsdaie.T.“T!“!‘''@18Vi
Johnson Chalón cl 
W lnderm eer............. 5
k  
Y ork............................6 k
indigo blue  9 k  
th e   p ro -  D^l|ht Anchor'. I!.'.  8k N o 'S ? : : : . '. : : . . ®
th e   p e c u la tio n s . 
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zephyrs — 16 
The  paiuful  impression  produced  by  pensity to it is latent in every one, as the  Edwards'.'. ...sh0rts; 
th e s e   d is c lo s u re s   w a s  d e e p e n e d   b y   th e ir  j  g e rm s  o f  s m a ll-p o x   a n d   s c a r le t f e v e r   lu r k   I  E m pire...................7 
coming  soon  after  the  detection of  the ! in  infected  clothing,  and,  like  them,  it I FrSt'of the Looni:'  HisunUght ".'.V..'"!!;:  Ik 
robbery  by  its  officers  of  the  Kingston j developes itself  whenever circumstances  F D ^ M z e ¿ J 11““   ^onpaie'u  '*^ 
Savings Bank  and  by the not much older | are  favorable.  Religion,  moralitv  and  FrultoftheLoom*. 
  ITojpmAntit 
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F&irm ount................   4J4
discoveries  of  fraud  in  the management j  civilization  in  general  have  been  for
F u ll V alue................ 6 k
of  the  Keystone  Bank  of  Philadelphia. 
y e a rs   e n d e a v o rin g  
it,  b u t 
C ab o t........................   7 k |D w ig h tA n ch o r.......   9
In  both  these  instances men  in  whom
F arw ell......................  3 
th e y   h a v e ,  a s   w e  see,  s u c c e e d e d   o n ly   in
like the President of  the Adams Express 1 so far  repressing it  as to  make  property 
T rem o n tN ................5 k
Hamilton N ..............   6 k
Company,  the  most  implicit  confidence j and  life  nearly,  but  not altogether  safe
L ..............   7
was placed,  and who  were  invested with 
M iddlesex  A T .........  8
X .............  9
the greatest official  authority, were  found 
What  we  most  need to  do  to  prevent 
N o .2 5 ....  9
wanting 
integrity  and  faithless  to 
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
the  recurrence of  breaches of  trust  like 
H am ilton N .............. 7k!M iddlesex A A
their  trust.  Unlike  him,  however,  they
those  which  I  have  mentioned is not  to
M iddlesex P T ..
8
A T ... ...  9
had  the  grace to conceal  their  misdeeds 1 waste  our  energies  in  denouncing  and 
X A ...
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X  F ...
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as 
lamenting them, but seriously to consider
long  and  as skillfully  as  possible, 
CABPET
whereas  he  seems  not to have  had  any 
how,  by  strengthening  the  forces  that 
sense  of  his  guilt. 
Indeed,  it  might 
repress  them,  we  may make  their  com­
never  have  been  exposed,  but  for  his 
mission  more  difficult.  Obviously,  the 
cynical  avowal  of  it  upon  the  witness 
punishment dealt out by the criminal law, 
stand,  in  a suit  brought  agaiust him  by 
insufficient  as  it  is, cannot  be  rendered 
one of  his confederates  toward  whom he 
more  effectual  by additional  legislation. 
had  proved  himself as devoid of  honesty 
Nothing  but  a  habit of  thinking  which 
as he  had  been  toward the corporation of 
shall  make the crimes to be instinctively, 
which he was the head.
as  it  were,  abhorred  will  prove  really 
efficacious in  restraining men from them, 
and to the  strengthening and  confirming 
of  this  habit  we  may  usefully address 
our efforts.  And  as  morality,  like char­
ity,  begins  at  home,  so each  one  of  us 
can do his little toward  the desired result 
by setting  the  example in our  own  con­
duct, and in our treatment of the conduct 
of those nearest to  us.

Grey S R W ............... 17k
W estern W  ............... 18k
D R  P ..........................18k
F lushing X XX......... 23*4
M anitoba................... 23k
9 @10k
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Slate.
Brown. Black
13
9 k  
15
10k 
17
I l k  
20
12k
Severen, 8 oz............  9k¡W est  Point, 8 o z___10k
10 oz  ...1 2 k
M ayland, 8 o z .......... 10k 
G reenwood, 7 k  o z ..  9 k   Raven, lOoz.............. 13k
Greenwood, 8 o z__ I l k  ¡Stark 
...............13k
WADDINGS.

.11
.12
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• 17k 
.16
¡Integrity, colored. . . 21
colored  .. .20k W hite S tar................is k
“  colored. .21
N am eless...................20
.............25
.............37k
...........30
............ 32k
...........35

Coraline  ..................19  50|W onderful..............$4 50
Schilling’s ................  9 
00 B righton............  4  75
Davis  W aists  —   9 00 Bortree’s ................   9  00
G rand  R ap id s.......  4  50¡Abdominal.............. 15  00
A rm ory.....................   Gk | N aum keag satteen.. 7 k
A ndroscoggin..........7 *   Rockport......................6k
B iddeford.................   6  Conestoga.......... 
6V
B runsw ick................6k l W alw orth 
..................654
A llen turkey  red s..  5 k  | Berwick fan cies....  54

S later.........................   354 ¡W ashington................ 3 k
W hite S tar............  354  Red Cross. 
.............3 k
Kid G love.................   3 k  Lockw ood.................3 k
N ew m arket...............  354  Wood’s .....................   354
E dw ards....................  3 k  I B ru n sw ick .............   354

Red & Blue,  p la id ..40
Union R ................... 22k
W indsor....................18k
6 oz W estern........... 20
U nion  B ...................22k
N am eless....... 8  @  9 k  i 
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CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
15
17
20

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....... 45 M arshall’s ........ ....... 88
.......22k
KNITTING  COTTON.

9
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G G  C ashm ere........ 21
Nameless  .................16
..................18

.........16k Valley C ity ....... ....... 1534
.........19k G eorgia............
..  ..153£
....... 16H P a c ific ............. .. .   .14k

Peerless,  w hite... ...18
Integrity
Hamilton

38 No.  14......... 37
39
16..........38
40
18..........39
41
30..........40
CAMBRICS.

T W .............................22k
F T ...............................32k
J R F ,  X XX.............. 35
B uckeye.................... 32k

F irem an................... 32 k
Creedm ore...............27k
T albot X X X ............ 30
N am eless................. 27k

M iddlesex No.  1.
3.
8.

Clark’s Mile E nd__ 45
Coats’,  J.  & P.
H olyoke...

against depredation and attack.

| Per bale, 40 doz.... 17  50
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W hite, doz................25 
Colored,  d o z............ 20 

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10.......
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UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

034 13
10k 15
11 k 17
12k 20
DUCKS.

Amoskeag
S tark .........
A m erican.

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Vlnyard.............

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Brown. Black. Slate.

¡P rideof the W e st.!’.w

nUZ..............L

■  -18kI 
DRESS  GOODS.

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MIXED  FLANNEL,

W hite. Colored.

W hite.  Colored.

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B arbour's.........

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RED  FLANNEL.

GRAIN BAGS.

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Besides this  affair the month  has  wit­
nessed  the  discovery of  the  peculations 
committed  by  the  confidential  clerk  of 
Keunett,  Hopkins  &  Co.,  which  were 
effected  by  merely  common-place  for­
geries of endorsements of checks,  and by 
thefts of  certificates of  stock,  the  whole 
amounting to a comparatively small sum. 
From  the other  side of  the Atlantic, too, 
came an  announcement of  a  defalcation 
1  do  not  in  the  least  extenuate  the 
¡11  the  River  of  Plate  Bank of  London 
enormity  of  the  offence  of  which  the 
and Buenos Ayres, which is now asserted 
President  and  Vice-President  of 
the 
to  involve  only  835,000,  instead  of  the 
Adams Express Company, and the officers 
$1,000,000 reported  some days ago.  The
of the other dependent corporations have
most  important  circumstance  connected  been  guilty,  but 1 cannot  help  thinking 
with  the  robbery  of  Kennett,  Hopkins &  that if it had not been  for the precedents 
Co.  is the apparent reluctance of the firm  established by other men  in  s im ila r   n„d-
by other men in similar posi- 
to  face  the
music,  and  their  delay  in | tious of  trust,  and  who  have not yet lost 
acknowledging 
their  responsibility  to  their reputations for honesty, they might 
their  customer for the  acts of  their sub-  have  less  easily  fallen.  The  President 
ordinate.  The  Holland Trust  Company | of  the  Adams  Express  Company is con- 
also  evinces a most  lamentable  want of  victed  of  having  bought  property  at  a
business  honor  in  refusing  promptly to 
low price  and  sold it to his  company  at 
refund  the  money  it received  upon  the 
a high  price,  pocketing for his  own  ben­
forged endorsements.
efit  the  difference.  For  doing  this  he 
It is very  easy but  entirely  useless  to 
has  been  deposed  and  expelled, and  is 
indulge  in  denunciation  of  crimes  like 
not  only sued  for  the restitution of  his 
these,  and  in  lamentation  over  the  de­
ill-gotten  gains,  but  is  threatened  with
generacy  of  the  age  which  has  made j criminal  prosecution.  Yet, all  over the 
them  possible.  For,  while  they  may be j country hundreds of  railroad presidents, 
new in  form,  and  may be the  immediate  vice-presidents,  directors,  and  even  su- 
product  of  compara  ively  modern  cir-j perintendeuts  and  freight  agents  have 
cumstances,  they  are as old  in  principle j notoriously  grown  rich  by  building 
as  all  the  thefts and  peculations  which j branches  and  extensions  and  selling 
have  been committed since the beginning | them  at  an  advance to  their  own  com- 
of the  world. 
In the midst of the luxury | panies,  or  leasing  them  to  their  com-

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robes............   5 k  Clyde  R obes............   5
pink a purple  6k  C harter Oak fancies 4>
D uffs.............  6 
¡D elM arinecashm ’s. 6
pink  checks.  5 k |___“ 
m ourn’g  6
staples 
5 k  Eddystone  fa n c y ...  6 
shirtings  ... 
chocolat  6
354 
A m erican  fa n c y ... 
534 
rober  ...  6
American indigo... 
sateens..  6
5 k  
American shirtings 
3 k   H am ilton fancy.  ...  6
A rgentine  G rays.. 
s ta p le __ 5 k
6 
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A nchor S h irtin g s..
4k¡M anchester  fan cy ..  6 
A rnold 
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6kl 
new  era.  6
A rnold  M erino
6  M errim ack D fancy.  6
long cloth B . 10kj M errim’ck shirtings!  4 
R e p p fn rn .  8 k
C.  8 k  
century cloth  7 
¡Pacific  fancy  ..........6
gold seal.......10k 
robes............  e k
green seal TR 10k Portsm outh robes...  6 
yellow  seal, ,10k Simpson m ourning..  6
“ 
g re y s..........  6
.........- - - I lk  
Turkey  re d .  10k _   “ 
solid black.  6
Ballou solid b la ck ..  5 
W ashington indigo.  6 
colors.  5 k
“  Turkey robes..  7k
Bengal blue,  green, 
India robes__ 7 k
“ 
red and  orange  ..  5 k
“  plain T’ky X 54  8 k
B erlin solids.............  5 k
“ 
“  X...10
“ 
“ 
oil b in e........   6 k
“  O ttom an  T ur­
key re d .................  6
“ g re e n ...  6 k
“ 
“  F o u la rd s .
5k|M artha W ashington
“ 
red k
Turkey red 54....... 7 k
7 
H  ...........  9k   M artha  W ashington
4 4...........10 
Turkey re d .............  ait
3-4XXXX 12  R iverpointrobes....  5
Cocheco fancy.........  6  W indsor fan cy .........6 k
indigo  blu e...........10k

gold  ticket

6  I 
tw ills..  6 k  
solids..........5141

I 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

TICKINGS.

“ 

Amoskeag A C A ....i2 k |A C  A .........................1214
H am ilton N .................714
Pem berton A A A __ 16
....  8k  
Y ork...........................10k
Sw ift R iv er..............   7 k
Pearl  R iv er..............12
W arren.  ...................13

D .... 
A wning. .11
F arm er.......................8
F irst  P rize.................i l k
Lenox M ills ............ 18
. 
COTTON  DRILL.
A tlanta,  D ................63£|Stark  A
B o o t.... . . ....................6k  No  N am e...i
Clifton, K ....................6k  ¡Top of  Heap
Sim pson.................... 20
..............................18
..............................16
Coechco................ iok

Im perial.....................io k
B lack...................  9©   9k
“  BC.............  @10

SATiNEs.

“  
“  

siLBsiAs.

Slater, Iron C ross...  8  P aw tucket................ 10k
D undie.......................  9
B edford...................... io k
Valley  C ity............... 10*4
K K ............................   10*4

Red C ross....  9
B est................ 10k
Best  A A ....... 12k
............................7 k
............................ 8k

SEWING  SILK.

“ 
“ 

2 
3 

Corticelli, doz............75 [Corriceli! knitting,

8 
.1 2  j  “  10 

per  k oz  b a ll.........30

tw ist,d o z..3 7 k  
50 yd, doz.  37k)
BOOKS AND ETES—PER GROSS.
“ 
“ 

No  1 Bl’k & W hite..10  ¡No  4 Bl’k <& White.,15 
“ 
..20
“  
.  25
No 2—20, M  C .............50 |N o4—1 5 F 3 k ...........40
*  3—18, S C .............. 45 1
No  2 W hite & Bl’k..l2  INo  8 W hite & Bl’k..20 
“ 
.2 3
“ 
..26
No 2 .............................. 28 INo 3  .............................36

COTTON  TAPE.
.1 5   “ 10 
..18 I  “   12 
SAFETY  PINS.

12  “
PINS.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

4 
6 

NEEDLES—PER  M.

Crowely’s ... ..............1  35 Gold  Eyed.
M arshall’s .. ...........1 oo|
5—4..  .2  25
“  . . . 2   10

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
6—4.  .3  2515—4 ... .1  95
“ 

...3   10|
COTTON TWINKS.

T‘ 

N a sh u a .......................18
Rising Star 4-p ly ___17
3-ply — 17
N orth  S ta r.................20
Wool Standard 4 ply l7 k  
Pow hattan  ..  ..........18

Cotton Sail T w ine. .28
C ro w n .......................12
D om estic................. 18k
A n ch o r.....................16
B ris to l......................13
Cherry  V alley......... 15
I X L .......................... 13
A labam a....................654¡M ount  Pleasant
A lam ance.................   6
A u g u sta ....................  7 k
A r  sap h a..................   6
G eorgia......................  634
G ra n ite .....................   554
Haw  R iver...............  5
Haw  J .......................   5

6 k
O neida.......................   5
P y rm o n t..................   554
R an d e lm a n .............. 6
R lv ersid s..................   534
Sibley  A ....................6*4
T oledo........................  0

PLAID  OSNABURGS

panies at exorbitant rentals, and in other 
ways diverting  the  companies’ money  to 
their  own  pockets.  The  officers of  the 
Keystone Bank and of  the Kingston Sav­
ings Bank have robbed those institutions 
by  borrowing  their  funds  and 
losing 
them in business or in speculations.  Yet, 
every little while it comes  out that other 
bank  presidents  and  directors  still  in 
good  repute  have 
likewise  borrowed 
money from  their own  institutions  upon 
security  which would  not have  been ac­
cepted  from  anybody  else.  They  have 
not been  so unlucky as to lose it, or have 
been able to replace it,  but their borrow­
ing it at all  was a breach of  trust never­
theless.  Thus,  too, the defaulting clerks 
of Kennett,  Hopkins & Co.  and the River 
Plate  Bank  differ  from  thousands  of 
other  men  who  have  been  as  guilty  as 
they are,  only  in  being  unlucky  in  the 
use  they  made of  the  money  they  took 
and being consequently unable to replace 
it.  Had the whole community been more 
nearly unanimous  than it is in condemn­
ing breaches of trust as breaches of trust, 
whether  they result in  loss or in no loss, 
those which we are  now deploring might 
not have been committed.  The only safe 
rule for every  one to  follow,  both  in his 
own  case  and in  judging of  others,  is to 
sternly  reprobate  every  transaction  on 
the part of  a  man  holding  the  office of 
trustee  for others,  which has  for its  ob­
ject his own  benefit,  at their expense.

1  am  perfectly  aware  that  in  writing 
these  lines I am setting  myself  down  in 
the eyes of some, though I  hope not many, 
of  my  readers,  as  a  superannuated  old 
fogy, or  something even  more worthy of 
their  contempt.  “Why,”  they will  say, 
“why should not a president or a director 
of  a corporation  sell  to it what it wants 
to  buy  and  make  money  by  the  sale? 
Why should he not  charge it a handsome 
commission  when  he  negotiates  its  se­
curities  in  the  market?  Why  has  not a 
bank officer  as  good  a right  as  anybody 
else  to  borrow  money  from  the  bank?” 
Probably  they  will  refrain  from  going 
on  and  asking  why  a  clerk  or  cashier 
should  not  be  allowed  to  take  money 
from  his employer’s drawer to gamble in 
stocks or to bet on horse races, but draw­
ing the  line where  they do is purely  ar­
bitrary.  My  doctrine is that a person in 
an  office of  trust cannot  rightfully  deal 
for  his  own  benefit  with  the  property 
intrusted  to  him  in  any way,  shape  or 
manner,  and  that  he  should be deterred 
from  doing it by the  general  condemna­
tion  of  the  community.  On  this I take 
my stand. 

M a t t h e w   M a r s h a l l .

Had Learned Too Much.

A true story is told of  a  farmer’s  dog 
who had  been  found guilty  of  obtaining 
goods under false  pretences.  He  is  ex­
tremely  fond of sausages,  and  has  been 
taught by  his owner to go after them  for 
him,  carrying  a  written  order 
in  his 
mouth.  Day after  day  he  appeared  at 
the butcher’s shop,  bringing his master’s 
order,  and by-and-by  the butcher became 
careless  about  reading  the  document. 
Finally,  when  settlement day  came,  the 
farmer complained that he  was  charged 
with more sausages than  he  had ordered. 
The  butcher was suprised, and  the  next 
time Lion came in  with  a  slip  of  paper 
between  his teeth  he took the trouble  to 
look at it.  The  paper  was  blank,  and 
further investigations showed  that when­
ever the dog fell a craving  for  sausages 
he  looked  around  for  a  piece  of  paper 
and  trotted  off  to  the  butcher's.  The 
farmer  is something out  of  pocket,  but 
squares the account  by  boasting  of  his 
dog’s intelligence.

Use Tradesman  or  Superior  Coupons.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRAD E8MAN.
Hardware Price Current.

HAMMERS.

T h e s e   p r ic e s   a re   fo r  cash  buyers,  w h o  
p a y   p r o m p tly   a n d   b u y   in   f u ll  p a c k a g e s .

AUOUB8 AND BITS. 

dls.

Snell’s ....................................................................  
GO
40
Cook’s ....................................................................  
Jennings’, gen u in e............................................. 
25
Jen n in g s’,  Im itatio n ......................................... 50*10

F irst Q uality, S. B. B ronze...............................* 7 5 0
D.  B.  B ronze..................................  12 00
S. B. S. Steel................................  8  50
D. B. Steel....................................  13 50

“ 
“ 

R ailroad...............................................................I   14  00
G arden...........................................................n et  30 00

dls.

dls.

Stove.-....................................................................50*10
Carriage new  lis t................................................  
75
P low ........................................................................40*10
Sleigh shoe...........................................................  
70

AXES.

BARROWS. 

bolts. 

BUCKETS.

W ell,  p la in ........................................................... t   3  50
Well, sw ivel...............................................................  4 00

BUTTS, CAST. 
dls.
figured................................ 70*

Cast Loose Pin, 
W rought N arrow , bright 5ast jo in t.................60*10
W rought Loose P in ..............................................60*10
W rought  T ab le.....................................................60*10
W rought Inside B lin d ........................................60&10
W rought  B rass....................................................  
75
Blind,  Clark’s .......................................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s .....................................................70*10
Blind, Shepard’s ................................................. 
70

25  i
.................. dls. 
Maydole  *  Co.’s .................... 
Kip’s ................................................................dls. 
25  |
Y erkes *  Plum b’s ....................................... dls. 40*10 |
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............................ 30c list 60  |
Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast  Steel.  H and__ 30c 40*10  |

HINGES.

Gate, C lark’s, 1, 2 , 3 .........................  ....... dis.GO&lO
S tate.................................................. per doz. net, 2  50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  In. 4¡4  14  and
3Vi
10
,  Vi............. .........  .  net
%............. .............. net
8H
M............. ...............net
7 Vi
.............. net
7Vi
* ............
50
............ dls.
HANGERS. 
Barn Door K idder Mfg. Co., Wood tra c k __ 50*10
Champion,  anti fric tio n ..................................  60*10
K idder, wood tr a c k ............................  
40
P ots.................................................................  
60
 
60
K ettles....................................................................  
Spiders  .................................................................. 
60
Gray enam eled...................................... 
40*10

HOLLOW WARE.

dls.

 

 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

 

' 

d ls.

dlB.

dls.

----  

N A IL S

MATTOCKS.

w ir e  g o o d s. 

locks—DOOB.

molasses gates. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

. 
knobs—N ew List.

Stamped  T ln W are................................... new list 70
Japanned Tin W are........................................... 
25
G ranite Iron W a re .........................new  list 3314 *10
B right.............................................................  70*10*10
Screw  E yes.........................................  
70*10*10
Hook’s
.70*10*10
~  
Gate Hooks and E yes.........................
70*10*10 
dls.
LEVELS.
70 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s 
.
dls.
Door, m ineral, jap. trim m in g s.........
56 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trim m ings —
55
Door, porcelain, plated trim m ings..
55
Door,  porcelain, trim m ings..............
55 
Draw er  and  Shutter, porcelain.......
70
55 
Russell & Irw in  Mfg. Co.’s new  list
55 
M allory, W heeler  &  Co.’s ..................
55 
B ranford’s .......................................
Norwalk’s ..........................................
55
Adze E y e...................................................... *16.00, dls. 60
H unt Eye.  ..............................................*15.00, dls. 60
H unt’s ............................................ *18  50, dls. 20*10.
dls.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  h a n d led .........................  
50
dls.
Coffee, P arkers  Co.’s ......................................... 
40
40
P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  M alleables.... 
“ 
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Cl? .k ’s .................... 
40
“  E nterprise 
.......................................... 
30
Stebbln’s  P attern ...........................................— 80*10
Stebbin’s G enuine............................................... 60*10
Enterprise, self-m easuring............................... 
25
Steel nails, b ase............................................................1 80
W ire nails, base........................................................... 2 15
Steel.  Wire.
.  A dvance over b ase: 
60............................................................... Base 
Base
50............................  
10
Base 
20
05 
40..................................... 
30..............................................................  
20
10 
20........... 
30
15 
16..............................................................  
15 
35
12.......... 
15 
35
10 ...............................................................  20 
40
50
8..................................................................  25 
7 *  6 .........................................................   40 
65
4 ................................................................   60 
90
1 50
3..................................................................1  00 
2 00
2 ..................................................................1  50 
2 00
F in e 3 ........................................................1  50 
Case  10 ....................................................  60 
90
1 00
1 25
1 25
1 50
75
90
1 00
2 50

85 
8 .................................................1  00 
6 .................................................1  15 
Clinch’10 ................................................   85 
8 ................................................ 1  00 
6 .................................................1  15 
B arrell %..................................................1  75 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y ......................................  @40
Sclota  B ench.......................................................   @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fa n c y .............................  @40
Bench, first qu ality .............................................  @60
Stanley R ule and  Level Co.’s, w ood............   *10
Fry,  A cm e..................................................... dls.60—10
70
Common,  polished......................................dls. 
Iron and  T in n ed ................................................  
40
Copper Rivets and B u rs.................................. 
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9  20 

8..........................................................  75 
6..........................................................  90 

F inish 10..................................... 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

rLANES. 

rivets. 

PANS.

100

dls.

dls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broken packs  Vie per pound extra.

ROPES.

SHEET IRON.

Sisal,  Vi luch and la r g e r .........
M anilla.........................................
SQUARES.
Steel and 
Iro n ................................................... 
Try and Bevels.................................................... 
M itre ...................................................................... 

-  11S4 
dls.
75
¿0
39
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
*2 95
3 (5
3 15
3 15
3 25
3  35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos.  10 to  14.............................................94 05 
Nos.  15 to 17............................................   4 05 
Nos.  18 to 21.........................................  4  05 
Nos. 22 to 24 ...........................................  4  05 
Nos. 25 to 26 ...........................................  4  25 
No. 27 .......................................................   4  45 
w ide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86.............................................dls. 
Silver Lake, W hite  A ...................................list 
Drab A ......................................   “ 
W hite  B ...................................   “ 
Drab B .......................................  “ 
W hite C...................................... “ 

SAND PAPER.
BASH CORD.

50
50
56
50
55
35

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

D iscount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

saws. 

traps. 

Solid E yes....................................................per ton *25
dls.
H a n d ............................................... 
“ 
30
70
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per fool, 
.. 
“  Special  Steel Dex X Cuts, per fo o t....  50
“ 
Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per fo o t__  
30
“  Cham pion  aud  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  fo o t.................................................... 
30
Steel, G am e............................................................60*10
Oneida Community, N e who u s e 's .................. 
35
O neida  Community, Hawley a N orton’s  .. 
70
Mouse,  cho k er...................................... 18c per doz
Mouse, delu sio n ....................................11.50 per do*.
dls.
B right M arket......................................................  65
A nnealed M arket................................................ 70—10
Coppered M arket................................................   60
Tinned M arket....................................................  62)4
Coppered  Spring  S teel..............................  .. 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.  .............................  3 35

w ire. 

dls.

“ 

p a in te d .........................................   2 85

HORSE NAILS.

wrenches. 

Au Sable....................................dls. 25*1G@25*10*05
dig.  0B
P u tn am ................................................. 
N orthw estern.....................................  
dls. 10*10
dls.
B axter’s  A djustable, nick eled .......................  
30
Coe’s  G en u in e.................................................... 
50
Coe’s Patent A gricultural, w rought..............  
75
Coe’s  Patent, m alleable..................... ..............75*10
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Bird C ag e s........................................................... 
50
Pumps, C istern..............................  
 
"5
Screw s,N ew  l i s t .................................................70*10
Casters, Bed  a  d  P la te ...............................50*10*10
Dampers,  A m erican...........  ............................. 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods......... 
65

dig.

 

M E T A L S .

PIG TIN.

6M
7

ZINC.

36c
38c

SOLDER.

Pig  L arge............................................................. 
Pig B ars............................................................. 
D uty:  Sheet, 2Vic per pound.
680 pound  casks.............................  
.................  
Per  p o u n d ...........................................  ..............  
Vi@Vi..............................................................................16
E xtra W ip in g .........................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many other  qualities  of
solder in the m arket Indicated by nrivate brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson.............................................. per  pound  16
H allett’s ............................................  
13
10x14 IC, C harcoal.....   ...................................... 1 7 6 0
7  50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
9  25
14x20 IX, 
9  25

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

Each additional X on this grade, (1.75.
10x14 IC,  C h arco al.......................................  
14x20 IC, 
10x14 EX, 
14x20 IX, 

TIN—MELYN GRADE.

* 6  75
6  75
8  25
9  25

E ach additional X on this grade *1.50.

 
 
 

 
 
 

“ 

 
 
 

 
 

 

ROOFING PLATES

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

14x20 IC, 
6  50
8  50
14x20 IX, 
13  50
20x28 IC, 
14x20IC, 
6  00
7  50
14x20 IX, 
12  50
20x28  IC, 
15  50
20x28 IX, 
14x28  IX .............................................................  »14  0»
14x31  IX ..........................  
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers.
14x60 TX.  “ 

“  W orcester.............................  
“ 
............................. 
“ 
............................. 
“ 
Allaway G rade................... 
“ 
“ 
 
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
 

per  pound

15
10

“ 
“  
“ 

“  «

 
 
 

 
 

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

CAPS.

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

O rdinary Tackle, list A pril 17,’85.................. 

60

G rain........................................................  ..  dls. 50*02

Cast Steel....................................................per lb 

Ely’s 1-10....................................................per m 
H ick’s  C. F ................................................. 
G. D .............................................................  
M u sk e t........................................  ............. 

“ 
“ 
“ 

5

66

60
35
60

Rim  F ire ............................................................... 
Central  F ire ................................................... dls. 

50
25

Socket F irm e r......................................................70*10
Socket F ram ing......................................... ......... 70*10
Socket C orner........................................................70*10
Socket S lic k s........................................................70*10
Butchers’ Tanged  F irm er................................. 
40

dls.

dls.

Curry,  Law rence’s ............................................. 
H otch k iss.............................................................  

40
25

W hite Crayons, per  gross.................12@12Vi dls. 10

combs. 

CHALK.

corPER.

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cu t to size.........per pound 
14x52, 14x56, 14x60 ...........................  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...........................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48............................................... 
B ottom e................................................................. 

drills. 

die.

Morse’s  B it  Stocks...........................................  
Taper and straight S h ank................................  
M orse’s Taper S h ank.........................................  

28
26
23
23
25

50
50
50

DRIPPING PANS.

Small sizes, ser p o u n d ...................................... 
Large sizes, per  p o u n d ...................................... 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Com. 4  piece, 6 In ................................ doi. n et 
C orrugated.................................................................dls 40
“ 
A djustable.................................................................dls. 40*10
“ 

elbows.

07
6 Vi

75

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, sm all, 118; large, 126........................... 
Ives’, 1, 918;  2, *24;  3, *30................................. 

dls.

dls.

30
25

piles—New List. 

D lsston’s ................................................................60*10
New  A m erican.....................................................60*10
N icholson’s .....................................................    .60*10
H eller’s .................................................. 
50
H eller’s H orse Rasps 
50

...................................... 

 

 

 

GALVANIZED IRON

Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
15 
List 

12 

14 

D iscount, 60

13 
GAUGES. 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ....... 

28
18

50

dls.

The  Kelly Perfect  Axe

ALSO

The  Falls City Axe

D o th   M a n u fa c tu re d   b y

Axe Mfg Co,

W e c a rr y  a  good  s to c k  o f  th e se   ax e s 
a n d   q u o te   th e m   a t   th e   fo llo w in g  
p r ic e s :

K e lly  P e rfe c t, p e r  d o z.  $7 
F a lls  C ity , p e r  do z. 
$6 

$13
$9

S. Bit.  D. Bit.

8______________________  THE  MICHIGAN  TK A T)KRM A N.

Michigan Tradesman

»fSwial Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association.

A  WEEKLY JOURNAL  DEVOTED TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the Woliierine State.

T h e   T ra d e s m a n   C o m p a n y ,  P r o p r ie to r .

Subscription Price, One  D ollar per year, payable 
A dvertising Rates m ade know n on application. 

strictly in  advance.

P ublication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered at the Grand Rapid» Poet Q]f.ee.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

W E D N E S D A Y ,  O C T O B E R   2 8 ,  1 8 9 1 .

THE  ANN  ARBOR  MEETING.
The  annual  convention  of the  Michi­
gan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
which  was held  at  Ann Arbor last week, 
was one of  the most  pleasant and profit­
able  meetings  ever  held  by the  organi­
zation,  albeit  the  attendance was not  so 
large as  was expected.  The  Ann  Arbor 
druggists  proved  to  be  royal  hosts  and 
entertained  their  guests  with  excellent 
judgment.  The anxiety of the delegates 
to  discuss  trade  matters  precluded  the 
introduction  of  the  usual  number  of 
technical  papers,  but  the  practical  re­
sults  accomplished  will  probably  out­
weigh  any  deficiency 
in  this  respect. 
The  plan  proposed  by  Frank  J. Wurz­
burg at the Petoskey convention, provid­
ing for  the  recommendation  of  several 
pharmacists  for the  appointment  to  the 
Board of  Pharmacy,  was again  endorsed 
and  will  be put into execution by Secreta­
ry Vernor, although Governor Winanshas 
shown  that  he  does  not care a  whit for 
the wishes of the trade at  large—a gentle­
man not  now engaged in  the drug  busi­
ness having had  the honor of making the 
last  appointment.

WAR  ON  THE  CUTTERS.

The National Wholesale Druggists’ As­
sociation,  which  met  at  Louisville  last 
week,  unanimously  adopted  the  plan 
which  has  been  recommended  by  the 
Association of Manufacturers and Dealers 
in  Proprietary Articles,  by the American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  by eighteen 
State  Pharmaceutical  Associations  and 
the Interstate  League.  A  committee,  to 
which  was  intrusted  the  details of  exe­
cuting the plan,  was also appointed.  The 
plan  has been  under discussion  for many 
years and,  if  carried  out,  will  undoubt­
edly  have a most  important  effect  upon 
the  prosperity of  the  proprietary  medi­
cine business.

The  Postmaster General  has been mak­
ing some  experiments  with  the free  de­
livery  system  in  small  villages.  Early 
in  his  term  he  conceived  the  idea  that 
the  free  delivery  system  could  be  ex­
tended to  the  small  towns and  farming 
districts  without  materially  increasing 
the  expense  to  the  department.  Con­
gress  made  an  appropriation  of §10,000 
for  the  experiments.  About  $200  was 
expended at each  place. 
It  is  reported 
that in  forty  or  more  towns where  the 
experiment  has  been  in  operation,  it  is 
found  that  the  revenues  of  the  offices 
have  been  greatly  increased;  and  that 
while in some cases they have not entire­
ly  met  the  expenditure,  yet  in  every 
case  the  receipts  have  been greatly  in­
creased,  and  it  is  believed  that,  on  the 
whole,  the  total  sum  of  extra  income 
from  the  whole  number  of  towns  will 
almost,  if not  quite, equal  the  total  ex­
penditure of  §10,000.  The principle un­

derlying all this is  that increased  postal 
facilities  are  always  followed  by 
in­
creased  postal  business  and  increased 
revenues.  When  letter  postage  was  re­
duced  from  three  to  two  cents,  postal 
business soon  increased enough to  bring 
the revenues of the department up to  its 
expenditures.  With the principle prop­
erly  applied,  the  day  is not  far  distant 
when  we shall not only have the free  de­
livery system greatly  extended,  but pen­
ny postage,  also.

The  value  of  the  exports  from  the 
United States for the twelve months end­
ing  August  31,  1891,  was  §909,264,438,
I an  increase of  §52,784,377  over  the  ex- 
! ports  of  the  preceding  twelve  months, 
i The  value of  the  imports  for the  same 
| period  was  §839,093,241,  an  increase  of 
1 §37,877,744.  Directly  contrary  to  these 
facts  are the  statements of  the calamity 
cranks, who  are going  about the  country 
howling  over the  decadence  of  our  for­
eign commerce.  And some of these same 
cranks  want  to  be  elected  to  Congress 
for the purpose  of  getting their  theories 
embodied  in  laws  for the  promotion  of 
our national  prosperity.

So far as  T h e   T r a d e s m a n ’s  informa­
tion  goes, no writer has ever  undertaken 
to depict  the lights and  shadows of  that 
interesting individual  known  as the gro­
cer’s delivery  boy  until  Mr.  Owen  volun­
tarily assumed the  task,  his initial effort 
in that direction appearing in this week’s 
issue. 
If  future  contributions  to  the 
series are  as  varied  and  interesting  as 
the  present  article,  the  character under 
discussion  will  certainly have no  reason 
to complain  that he  is not  given a  com­
plete delineation.

No small  portion of  the corn crop  will 
be  hurried  to market  in  November  and 
December  as  soon  as  harvested.  The 
foreign  demand  for corn  will  not  come 
until  later  in  the  season,  probably  not 
before  March. 
The  foreign  demand 
promises  to  be  much  larger  than  ever 
before.  The  growers  who  rush  their 
corn to market cannot  receive much ben­
efit  from  the  higher  prices  that will  al­
most certainly prevail.

In  view of the short  supply  of  bread- 
stuffs  in  Europe,  it  is  urged that  we  can 
now work up a demand there for American 
corn  as a substitute  for  rye  and  wheat. 
But the best way  to send corn to  Europe 
is in  the form of  meat  products.  How­
ever, there never was a better opportunity 
than  the  present  to  get  the  people  of 
Europe to  use corn  in  place  of  rye  and 
low-grade wheat.

She  Squared  Accounts.

A pretty dining-room  girl  in a  certain 
Northern  Michigan  town  was  much  an­
noyed  by the  young men  talking to  her, 
and a guest,  noticing her discomfiture on 
one occasion,  asked:

“Aren’t you annoyed by  some of these 

rather too smart  young men?”

“Oh,  yes!  Some  of the  new traveling 
men  make  me tearing  mad,  sometimes, 
but I get  even with ’em,  and  don’t  you 
forget it.”

“Do  you  mind  telling  me  in  what 

way?”

“Oh,  I  spit  in  the  tea on  the way  in 

from the kitchen.”

There is an immense garden  in  China 
that embraces an  area  of  50,000  square 
It is all meadow land and is  fill­
miles. 
ed  with lakes, ponds and canals.

I Eighth Annual Meeting of the M. S. P. A.
The eighth  annual  meeting  of  Michi- 
i gan  State  Pharmaceutical  Association 
! convened at Ann Arbor last  Tuesday af- 
| ternoon,  opening with prayer and  an ad- 
| dress of welcome by Wm.  G.  Doty, Mayor 
| of Ann Arbor.  President Prall respond- 
\ ed in  behalf of the  Association,  followed 
| by his annual address.  Among  his  rec­
ommendations  were  an  amendment  to 
the  pharmacy  law, enabling  the  Board 
to  employ  legal  services,  which  is  for­
bidden  by  the State  Board of  Auditors. 
Five reports followed,  those of Secretary 
of State  Board  of  Pharmacy  and  Com­
mittees  on  Membership.  Adulterations, 
Legislation and  Pharmacy  and  Queries. 
The Committee  on  Legislation  renewed 
the recommendation of the  President  in 
regard to an amendment  to the  pharma­
cy  law.

In  the  evening  the  delegates  met  in 
Room  24,  University  building,  listened 
to  a  piano  selection  by Miss  Davis,  an 
address  by  Prof.  Victor  C.  Vaughan  on 
“The  Relation  of  Pharmacy and  Medi­
cine”  and  a  recitation  by  Prof.  True- 
blood, which was encored.  The evening’s 
entertainment was  a  most delightful one 
and reflects credit  on the  Committee  on 
Arrangements.

At the opening of the morning session, 
Wednesday,  H.  G.  Coleman,  chairman, 
presented the report of the Committee on 
Trade  Interests, consisting  mainly  of  a 
discussion of the price cutting evil.  The 
outcome  of the  report,  and  the  faithful 
consideration given  it,  was  the adoption 
of a resolution instructing every member 
of the  Association to  report all  cases of 
price cutting  to the Committee on  Trade 
Interests,  which  will  proceed 
in  the 
proper  manner  to  have  the  offenders 
“cut off.”

The report of  the Secretary  showed  a 
gain of twenty-five  new  members,  while 
140  were  dropped  for  non-payment  of 
dues and several others  were  released by 
resignation. 
In  point  of  receipts  for 
dues, especially past dues,  the  Secretary 
exceeded the record  of any  of his prede­
cessors.

The  report of  Treasurer  Dupont  dis­
closed a comfortable balance to the credit 
of the Association.

The reading of papers, mainly by title, 

occupied the remainder of the session.

The afternoon  was  devoted  to  a  visit 
to the University,  which  was thoroughly 
enjoyed by all the delegates.

A special session  was held in the even­
ing  for the  purpose of  electing officers, 
resulting as follows:

President—H.  G.  Coleman, Kalamazoo.
Vice-Presidents—S. E. Parkill, Owosso: 
L.  Pauley,  St.  Ignace;  A.  S.  Parker,  De­
troit.

Secretary—Mr.  Parsons,  Detroit.
Treasurer—Wm.  Dupont,  Detroit.
Executive Committee—F. J. Wurzburg, 
Grand  Rapids;  Frank  Inglis  and G.  W. 
Stringer,  Detroit;  C.  E.  Webb,  Jackson.
Grand Rapids was  selected as the next 
place of  meeting and  John  D.  Muir was 
elected  Local  Secretary, 
the  time  of 
meeting  to  be  decided  upon by the  Ex­
ecutive  Committee and  Local  Secretary,
Several  candidates  for  the  appoint­
ment of member of the Board of Pharma­
cy,  to  succeed  Mr.  Parkill,  were  pre­
sented,  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  to 
acquaint  all  the  registered pharmacists 
of  the State  with the  candidates and so­
licit an expression of opinion.

A  pleasant reception  followed  at  one 
of  the  rooms  of  the  pharmacy  school,

light  refreshments  being  served 
dainty manner.

in  a 

At the Thursday morning session,  only 
a few members were found to  be present.
I Vice-President  Parkill,  who  presided in 
I the  absence of  the President,  announced 
the  committees  and  the  convention  ad­
journed.

Gripsack Brigade

Max Mills  has begun  the  ride  to Solo­
mon’s  temple  on  the back  of  the  anti­
quated goat.

Cliff.  Herrick has engaged to  travel  for 
L.  Schepp,  of  New  York.  His  territory 
includes  all  the  available  towns in this 
State.

G.  B.  Willock,  Eastern  Michigan  rep­
resentative for the P.  J.  Sorg Co.,  was in 
town  over  Sunday,  the  guest  of  M.  M. 
Mallory.

John B.  Orr,  Michigan  representatlv 
for Swift &  Company,  has  taken  up  his 
residence  in  Grand  Rapids,  locating  on 
Jefferson avenue.

John  J.  Dooley,  traveling  representa­
tive for H.  E.  Bucklin & Co.,  has come to 
Grand  Rapids  for the purpose of making 
this  city his  headquarters  for  the  next 
six  months.

Chas.  Bennett,  traveling  representa­
tive for B.  Desenberg &  Co.,  of  Kalama­
zoo,  took  the  first  prize  in  a  contest at 
Jones last  Wednesday  night,  as the pos­
sessor of the  largest nose of  any man  in 
the State.

John  M.  Fell  has  resigned  his  position 
with  Geo.  H.  Reeder & Co.  and  engaged 
to travel in the same  territory  for  C.  M. 
Henderson  &  Co.,  of  Chicago.  He  will 
start  out  on  his  initial  trip  with  the 
Chicago house about November 1.

Cal.  L.  Martin,  who  has  been  on  the 
road  for  the past  year for  Dean,  Foster 
& Co.,  of  Chicago,  will  transfer  his  al­
legiance  to  Robert Stevenson  &  Co.,  of 
Chicago,  December 1.  Ills territory com­
prises  all  the  available  towns in  South­
eastern Iowa.

“I don’t know how  the business world 
could  get along  without  traveling  sales­
men,”  said the  manager  of an  extensive 
St.  Louis  manufacturing  establishment. 
“Years ago,  in the days of stage coaches, 
one  seldom met  a  ’knight  of  the  grip.’ 
Business then  was  carried on  by  differ­
ent methods; each  house had  its  patrons 
and  kept  them  year  in  and  year  out; 
margins  were 
large  and  competition 
weak.  Communication  and  transporta­
tion were slow.  Now,  however,  a change 
has come  over  the scene; competition  is 
sharp;  the  motto  of  the  times  is  ‘quick 
sales  and  small  profits;’  facilities  for 
communication  and rapid  transit are  so 
perfect  that the  business  man  of to-day 
is in  touch  with every  part of the world. 
The situation becomes more  like a battle 
field.  Every  customer that is  won must 
be fought  for,  and  without  a  well-mar­
shaled  force  of  good  salesmen 
there 
would be little chance  for success.  And 
aside from  this  direct necessity of  sales­
men,  these  ‘angels of commerce’  play  an 
important roll in  another way; they  dif­
fuse wealth,  and  in  a way  which  makes 
them indispensable  to  a  country. 
It  is 
not so much  the  hundreds  of  thousands 
of dollars they  spend  as  the  regularity 
with  which they distribute it throughout 
the  country.  Railroads  and  hotels  re­
gard them among  their best patrons. 
If 
all  the  salesmen  in  this  country  were 
drawn  up  in  line they  would  make  an 
august  showing,  and  if  all  the  money 
they annually  distribute  were  collected 
in  one  golden  heap,  there  would  be 
enough to  go Into  the  banking business 
with—millions  of  capital.  Traveling 
salesmen  are a big  factor in  this  coun­
try.”

n iK   MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

9

TWO  HOURS  ON  A  DELIVERY 

WAGON.

W ritten fo r Th b  Tradesman.

While  walking  up  Cherry  street  the 
other  day,  I  met  a  grocer’s  delivery 
clerk,  with whom I  was acquainted,  who 
invited  me  to  take  a  ride  with  him. 
Having a little leisure time ¡it my dispos­
al,  and  being  assured  by  the  rascally 
clerk  that we  would  be  back in  a  few 
minutes,  I  accepted  the  invitation  aud 
climbed  up on  the seat.

“There’s  a mare that  knows  her  busi­
ness,”  said  the  clerk,  as  he  hit  her  a 
crack  with  the  whip that  sent  my  feet 
skyward  and  my  head  into a  basket  of 
potatoes.  After  I  had  regained  my 
equilibrium  and pushed  the dents out  of 
my  hat,  I told  the  scoundrel that  I  had 
every reason  to believe that the mare did 
know  her  business  a  confounded  sight 
better than her fool of a driver knew his, 
and  that if  he would  have the  kindness 
to  cause  the  mare  and  the  vehicle  to 
come  to  a standstill,  I would  disembark 
and  wend  my way  back on  foot.

“You  bet  that  old  mare  knows  her 
biz,”  observed  the  lad. 
“She’d  start 
right  from  the  store  without  any  lines 
and make the round  trip without missing 
a  house  or  making a  wrong  turn;  and 
(throwing the lines  over the dash-board) 
she’ll  make a  turn  the shortest  possible 
way,  if she has  to skin a  telegraph  pole 
or jump a gutter to do it.”

“Gewillikens,  boy!  What----- ”
I  was interrupted  in  my remark  by the 
pit of my stomach coming in violent con­
tact with the  bullet head of  the grocer’s 
dunce.  The front wheel  on the driver’s 
side struck  the curb  and slewed  around 
and the  hind wheel  ran over  the corner 
and  nipped  the  bark  off a  maple  tree. 
The  driver  was  used  to  it  and  braced 
himself  accordingly,  which  saved  me 
from  being the  unwilling cause of  hold­
ing  a  coroner’s  inquest on  that  corner 
lot.  When I got  my  breath again,  I  re­
minded  the  grocery  slinger  that  a  cab­
bage  head  which  had  tumbled  out had 
been  run over and cut in  two and  that  it 
would  show  more  respect  if he  would 
stop  and  gather  up  the  remains.  But 
who ever heard of a  grocer’s clerk show­
ing respect  for  anything!  He  said  the 
old  mare knew  her business and  that  he 
had  to make  the  trip before  12  o’clock 
and couldn’t  stop for  sickness or  death.
At a house on a little back street down 
in Oakdale Park  we  made our first  slop. 
A peck of peaches and a  half dozen eggs 
were  fished out  and,  after  the dust  was 
blown off the top,  it was discovered  that 
five  of  the  eggs  had  collapsed,  and, 
mingling their contents  with the  dust  of 
the earth,  had  imparted  to the peaches  a 
sorted of  daubiness  that  was not  pleas­
ant  to  look  upon.  We  turned  around, 
ran over the  wheelbarrow and started on 
the home stretch.  We had driven a mile 
and a half with that peck of peaches and 
six eggs and delivered them  within a few 
rods of two grocery  stores. 
I  supposed 
that  our  customer  was  either  on  bad 
terms with  her two  neighbor grocers,  or 
else she was  a  mother-in-law to the  dis­
tant grocer,  and I asked my light-headed 
companion to explain matters.  He  said 
that  lady had  formerly lived  near  their 
store;  that  “once  a  customer  always  a 
customer”  was a law among grocers, and, 
consequently,  a groceryman followed his 
customers all over the city, and while so­
liciting orders from them, they often suc­
ceeded  in  picking up  new customers  in 
strange  territory. 
I  asked the  commer­

cial  teamster  if  he  could  work  in  sub­
traction  and  simple  division.  Giving 
the mare a cut with  the whip,  which up­
set  a basket  of potatoes  and gave  me  a 
kink in the back,  he  said he had no time 
to fool  away with any  such things,  and 
wanted to  know  why I  asked the  ques­
tion. 
I  said I was  going to  ask  him  to 
figure out  how long it  would take a  gro­
cer with  fifty customers like the Oakdale 
Park  patron  to  get  rid  of  a  capital  of 
$1,500;  but  as  he  didn’t  know  how  to 
figure  and  was young  in  the  business, 
and as I did  not  wish to discourage  him,
I  told  him not  to feel  badly,  as it  was 
quite  evident  that  he  could  figure  as 
well as his employer.

Our  next  stop  was  at a  house  some­
where  on  Thomas  street.  This  time  it 
was a peck of potatoes,  a bar of soap and 
a  gallon jug of  kerosene  oil. 
I  waited 
fully ten  minutes for  my  captor  to  pop 
his head out of that back door,  and when 
he did pop I  saw at once  that something 
was the  matter with  him.  He  was  cov­
ered  with  black spots  of rage  and soot, 
and bore marks  of  having  had  a terrific 
tussle  with some  object  which  shed  its 
complexion  easily.  He  sprang  on  his 
seat and  gave vent to his  wrath  by deal­
ing  that  innocent  mare  a  brutal  blow 
with  the  whip,  which  put  two  more 
kinks in  my  back.  But he  wasn’t  mad 
after all—he only looked  mad.  He said 
the  “old gal” asked him to help her move 
the  cook stove  and  he  had been  on  the 
street long  enough to  know  better  than 
refuse.  He  said that  in the  spring and 
fall,  during  house-cleaning time,  he  was 
frequently  asked  to  help  move  stoves, 
cupboards,  etc.;  help take  up  aud shake 
carpets,  split  kindling  wood  and  help 
lift the  boiler on and  off  the stove.  He 
had  never  been  asked  to entertain  the 
baby  while  its parent  called on  a neigh­
bor,  but  he  said  he was  subject  to just 
such things all the time.

At  a fashionable place on Henry street 
the road  clerk really got mad. 
It  was  a 
market  basket  full  of  small  packages, 
among which  had  been  a  sack  of eggs. 
When  the  basket  was  lifted  from  the 
wagon,  a  golden  stream  of  yellow  col­
ored  albumen  was  exuding  from  the 
bottom.  Before the  clerk discovered  it, 
he  had  succeeded  in  ornamenting  him­
self  with  yellow  daubs  and  stripes  of 
liquid egg.  Dropping the basket sudden­
ly on the cobble stones,  he pulled out his 
handkerchief aud  commenced  to rub and 
swear—that  is, if he  had  not been a gro­
cery  delivery  clerk  he  certainly  would 
have  used  profanity. 
The  more  he 
rubbed,  the  more  highly ornamental  his 
pantaloons  became  and  the  more  he 
swore,  and the more I  laughed. 
It  had 
come  my  turn  to enjoy  the  fun,  and  I 
made  the  best  of  my  opportunity.  He 
tried  to  clean  off  the  pareels,  but  the 
more he tried the worse they looked.  He 
said he  wouldn’t  care  so much  if  it  had 
happened  anywhere else,  but right there 
-but  I will spare this young man’s feel­
ings from  any  further  description of his 
peculiar predicament,although he showed 
no disposition to spare my  feelings when 
he had a chance to do so.

The next  stop  was  away  up  on North 
College  avenue,  where we  left what  re­
mained  of  a  bushel of  potatoes.  At  a 
house  within  gunshot of  three  or  four 
East  Bridge  street  grocery  stores  the 
mare  halted and  the egg-bedaubed,  soot- 
besmeared 
clerk | 
jumped out,  but the ten pounds of beans 
had broken out of  their paper house and

dust-covered 

and 

danced all over  the bottom of the wagon 
until they had  become so weighted  with 
an  accumulation  of  egg  and  dust,  that 
they  had  completely lost  their  identity 
and could not be delivered.

Our next call  was at  a house on  Union 
street  where  a  half  bushel of  potatoes 
and  a  peck  of  apples  had  been  anx­
iously looked  for since 11:80 a. m.  (it was 
then  12:15 p.  m.),  but  not having arrived 
in time for dinner,  the lady of the  house 
was in a proper frame of mind to  bite off 
the  heads  of  all  the  grocery  delivery 
clerks  in the city.  May my  head  be bit­
ten  off seventeen  times  rather than  re­
ceive one such curtain  lecture as that un­
fortunate  clerk  received  on  that  occa­
sion!  ’  When  we turned  the  next corner, 
the lady  was still  shaking  her fists  and 
reminding  the clerk  of his  utter  worth­
lessness. 
I was truly  repentant by  this 
time and fully forgave my unlucky young 
friend  for the  injuries 1 had  suffered  at 
his hands.

When I reached home my wife took me 
out into the back yard and  swept off  the 
dust.  She  asked me  if I  had been  tied 
behind  some  wagon  and dragged  all  the 
way  home. 
I  told  her  never  to  speak 
unkindly to a grocer’s delivery boy or ask 
him  to  rock  the  cradle or  carry  in  the 
night  wood;  and  never,  under  any  cir­
cumstances,  to  buy  a  yeast cake  and  a 
lamp  wick and order it delivered  and  go 
right home  and  scold  the  hired  girl  aud 
abuse the children  because her goods had 
not arrived  in  advance of her. 
I assured 
her that her  reputation  would  not  suffer i 
if she  even carried  a half  pound of  tea 
home,  and  that  it  was  always safer  to 
carry  a  half  dozen  eggs  than  to  order 
them sent by  wagon.  1  was so impressed 
with  the  delivery  clerk’s  troubles  and 
misfortunes  that  I  advised my  wife  to 
occasionally kiss him for his mother.

Z e n o .

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T ra n sac ts a  g en e ra ,  b an k in g   business

M ak e a   S p e c ia lty  uf  C o lle c tio n s.  A cco u n t»  

o f C o u n try  M e rc h a n ts  S o lic ite d .

D ri Store for Sale at a Bargain

On  long  tim e  If  desired,  or  w ill  exchange  for 
part  productive real  estate.  S to ck   c le a n   a n d  
w e ll a s s o rte d .  L o c a tio n  th e  b e s t in  th e  city . 
I w ish to retire  perm anently from   th e drug  bus­
iness.

C.  L.  BRUNDAGE,

Opp. New Post Office. 

117 W. W estern Ave. 

M u sk e g o n ,  M ich.

Im porters and Jobbers of Staple and  Fancy

DRY GOODS,

NOTIONS,

CARPETS, CZU 
CURTAINS
Shirts,  Pants.  Overalls,  Etc.

M anufacturers of

Elegant  Spring  Line  of  Prints,  Ging­
hams,  Toile  Du  Nord,  Challies,  White 
aud  Black  Goods,  Percales.  Satteens, 
Serges,  Pants  Cloth,  Cottonades  and 
Hosiery now  ready  for inspection.
C h ic ag o  a n d   D e tro it|P ric e s |G u a rH n te e d .

48,  50 and 52 Ottawa  St.

GRAND  RAPIDS. 

- 

-  MICH.

G eo. H .  R e e d e r &  Co.,
BOOTS  & SHOES
Felt Boots and Alaska Socks.

JOBBERS  OF

State  A cents for

158 £   16 0   F u lto n  i t ., G ra n d  R a p id s.

F o r   S a le !

AT  A  BARGAIN.

A  stock  of  Dry  Goods  be­
longing  to  the  estate  of  Jas. 
B. Brown, deceased.

Must be sold at once.
H IR A M   C O L L IN S , 
Special  fldminist’r,  101  Ottawa  St

P A U L   E IF E R T ,

M anufacturer of

Trunks, Traviai  Bap and Cases

S A M P L E   T R U N K S   A NI»  CA SES 

M A D E   TO   O R D E R .

W rite for Prices.

41  SO.  DIVISION  ST.,

Grand  Rapids,

Michigan.

ém

S h e e p s k in   S lip p e rs
 

X quality,  per  doz.  prs........... $1 31
XX  “ 
1  6:
Plain,  for rubber  boots...........  1 5'
Leather sole,  quarters and
toe  cap...................................... 2 2
Parker’s Arctic Sock .................2 2:
HIRTH  Sc  KRAUSE,

  
F e lt S lip p e r s ,

 

H e a d q u a r te r s  fo r  B la c k in g s , D re s s in g s , 

S h o e   B r a s h e s , E tc .

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Buy  of  the Largest  Manufacturers  in  the 

Cour try  and  Save  Money.

The Tradesman Company, Grand Bapids

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THK  MICH1 GAN  TRADESMAN

Testimonials That

r

OFFICE  OF

C O  K  w  I N   F .  M   I L  C  K F£,

P H A R M A C IS T .

AJST2D  MAlTOTAOm iEB.

Wolcottuille, Ind.,  Aug.  25,  1891.

Hazel tine & Perkins Drug Co. ,

Grand Rapids,

Gentlemen—  Allow me  to extend my thanks to you for 

1 was surpris­

Two and a half 

your promptness  in filling orders. 
years ago I  commenced dealing with you. 
ed at that time to receive my goods so soon after the 
orders were placed,  but a short time after,  1 made a 
visit to your city and found an  immense  stock of goods, 
with all the necessary facilities  to  insure promptness. 
My curiosity was then satisfied,  and  in the 119 orders 
which 1 have placed with you,  ther¿-have been but two de­
lays,  and those were caused by the R.R. Co. 
The  little 
errors which must necessarily occur with any house have 
been exceedingly few,  and the quality of goods has been 
first-class  in every respect.

I offer these  few  line's as my appreciation of your 
promptness,  quality of goods and the gentlemanly manner 
in doing business.
1  still  remain

Yours very truly,
l UUi  O  V I U  ui j  , 

y

^iclal tt» ;

f^ed B^rk Bitters. 
Fijme Perfumes. • 
Flavoring Extracts, 
Baking Powder
m

jbg  &® •

^-O FFIC E  UF—4 “

MANUFACTURING CHEMIST.

■AND»D^UGG1ST>-

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|Af!D  t^ARDS. Miert___S ?  ' ' ' A t - - ____‘

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11

W h olesale  P r ic e   C u rre n t•

A dvanced  Q uieksilver, castor oil.  D eclined—O xalic acid, G erm an quinine.

“ 

M orphia,  S.  P. & W .. .1  95@2  20 
S. N.  Y.  Q. &
C. C o ...........................1  85@2  10
M oschus  C anton__ _ 
@  40
M yrlstlca,  No. 1...........  TO®  75
N ux Vomica,  (po 20)..  @ 1 0
Os.  Sepia.......................   25®  28
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
C o .................................  @200
Picis  Llq, N.  C.,  M gal
doz  ............................  @2 00
Picis Llq., q u a r ts .......   @1  00
p in ts ...........  @  85
Pll H ydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  N igra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)....  @  3
Plx  B u rg u n ..................  @ 
7
Plum b! A c e t................  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opll . .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum ,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., d oz.......   @1  25
Pyrethrum ,  p v ............   30®  35
8®  10
Q u assiae.......................  
Q uinla, S. P. & W .......   31®  36
S.  G erm an__ 20  @  30
R ubla  T lnctorom .......   12®  14
Saccharum  Lactls pv. 
@  35
S alacin............ ..............1  80@1  S5
Sanguis  D raconls.......   40®  50
S antonine  .......................  
4  50
Sapo,  W .........................   12®  14
“  M ...........................  10®  12
G ...........................  @  15

“ 

_   o p t.........................  

Seldlitz  M ixture.........  @  ¿5
S inapis...........................   @  18
®  30
„ 
Snuff,  M accaboy,  De
V o e s ...........................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras,  (po. 12).  .  11®   12 
Soda  et Potass T art.  .  30@  33
Soda C arb....................  1 m@  2
Soda,  Bi-Carb..............   @ 
5
Soda,  A sh .....................   3M@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas..............   @ 
2
Spts. E ther C o ............   50®  55
“  M yrcia  D om .......   @2  25
“  M yrcia Im p .........  @3 00
*‘  V ini  Rect.  bbl.
f  27)............................ 2 31@2 41
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  C rystal.......   @1  30
Sulphur, S ubl.............. 3  @ 4
m  “ 
,  R o ll.................   2M@3M
T a m arin d s.................... 
8®  10
Terebenth V enice.......   28®  30
T heobrom ae................  45®  56
V an illa.........................9 00@16 00
Zinc!  S ulph.................. 
8

7®  

W hale, w in te r............   70 
Lard,  e x tra ..................  55 
Lard, No.  1..................  45 
Linseed, pure raw   ...  36 

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
50
39

“ 

bbl. 

paints. 

Llndseed,  boiled 
...  39 
42
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
60
strained..............   50 
Spirits T urpentine__   41M  46
lb.
Red  V enetian................ im   2@3
Ochre,yellow Mars...  H£  2@4
H er.........H i  2@3
“ 
Putty,  com m ercial__ 2M  2M@3
“  strictly  p u re ....... 2M  2*@3
Vermilion Prim e Amer­
ican ............................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English  ... 
70®75
Green,  P en in su lar....... 
70@75
Lead,  re d .......................   7  @714
w h ite .................. 7  @7M
W hiting, w hite Span... 
@70
W hiting,  Gilders’ ......... 
@96
1  0 
W hite, Paris  American 
W hiting.  Paris  Eng.
C liff.........................  .. 
140
Pioneer Prepared  Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  V illa  Prepared 
Paints.................. 1 00@1 20
No. 1 T urp  C oach.... 1  10@1  20
E xtra T u rp ....................160@1  70
Coach  Body..................2 75@3  00
No. 1  T u rp ’F u rn .........1  00@1  10
E utra T urk IJamar 
.  1  55@1  60 
Jap an   Dryer,  No.  1 
T u rp .............................  70®  78

VARNISHES.

“ 

G e t  W hat  Y ou  A.sh  JFor!

--HINKLEYS  BONE  LINIMENT—

F O R   T H IR T Y -F O U R   Y E A R S   T H E   F A V O R IT E .

Enclosed in  White  Wrappers and made by D. F. FOSTER,  Saginaw, Mich.

D rugs  M ed ic in e s•

S ta te   B o a rd   o f P h a rm a c y . 

One  Year—Stanley B. Parkill, Owosso.
Two  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Three  Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Pour Years—Ottmar Eberb&ch, Ann  Arbor 
Five Years—George Gundrutn. Ionia. 
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon. 
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.

Meeting»  for  1891—Lansing, Nov. 4.
M ic h ig a n   S ta te   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A sa’n . 

President—D. E. Prall. Saginaw.
Tirst Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. 
Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer— W m Du nont. Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann  Arbor, Oct. 20,21 and 22, 1891.
G ra n d   R a p id s   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o ciety . 
President. W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Escott, 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March 
June, September and December.___________________
G ran d  R a p id s   D rug: C le rk s ’ A ss o c ia tio n , 
resident, F. D. Kipp ;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.

D e tro it  P h a rm a c e u tic a l  S o ciety . 

President, F. Rohnert;  Secretary, J. P. Rheinfrank.
M u sk e g o n   D ru g   C lerks*  A sso c ia tio n . 

President  N. Miller;  Secretary, A. T. Wheeler.

Singular Instance  of Longevity.

A certain housebreaker was condemned 
in  the  latter  part of  the  last  century in 
France,  and  under  peculiar 
circum­
stances,  to  a  hundred  years  in  the gal­
leys;  and,  strange  to  relate,  this  man 
recently made  his appearance in his own 
native  province  at  the  advanced  age of 
one hundred  and twenty,  he being about 
twenty  years of  age when  the  sentence 
which  condemned  him  to  so  dreadful  a 
punishment  was  passed. 
It  is  difficult 
to conceive  what the  feelings must  have 
been with  which he returned,  as soon  as 
emancipated  from  the  shackles  which 
had  enthralled  him  for  a  century,  to 
breathe  once  more the  cherished  air  of 
the scenes of  his infancy.  Bourg,  in  the 
department of Ain,  was his native home; 
but  time  had  so changed  the  aspect  of 
the  whole  place  that  he  recognized  it 
only  by the  old  church  of  Brou,  which 
was the  only thing  that  had  undergone 
no  alteration.  Ue  had  triumphed  over 
laws,  bondage,  man,  time,  everything. 
Not a relation  had  he  left,  not  a  single 
being could  he hail  as  an  acquaintance; 
yet he was  not  without experiencing the 
homage and  respect the  French  invaria­
bly pay to old  age.  For  himself,  he had 
forgotten  everything connected with  his 
early  youth;  even all  recollection of  the 
crime for which he had suffered was lost, 
or,  if  at  all  remembered,  it was but as a 
dreary  vision, confounded  with  a  thou­
sand  other  dreary  visions of  days  long 
gone by. 

______

_ 

Crowded Out.

“1 like  this  dress  very  much,”  said 
Ethel. 
‘‘It is just too delightfully tight. 
But where are the pockets?”
“Here they are,” said the  dressmaker, 
handing  her  two  small, 
silken  bags. 
“You’11 have to carry them in your hands. 
There’s not room in the dress for  them.”

The  Drug1 Market.

German quinine in  large bulk  is lower. 
Gum  opium  and  morphia  are  steady. 
Oxalic acid  has  declined.  Mercury  has 
advanced.  Mercurials,  as  yet,  are  un­
changed,  but an  advance is probable this 
week.  English  vermillion  also 
tends 
higher.  Linseed  oil  is  firm at  the  ad­
vance.  Castor oil  has advanced.

Trade  With  Brazil.

It  is  reported  as  to  reciprocity  with 
Brazil  “that daring the five months  end­
ing August 31,  being the  period  covered 
by the new treaty,  our  exports of domes­
tic products to that  country  were valued 
at  §6,303,182,  an  increase  of  §1,169,493 
over the same months of last year.  Dur­
ing the  month  of  August alone,  as  com­
pared with  August,  1890,  there has  been 
an  increase in the  value of our merchan­
dise exported to Brazil of §702,903.  This 
increase has  been  mainly  in locomotives, 
machinery and cars, flour, bacon and lum­
ber.  Attached  to  the report  are a num­
ber of  tables  giving  comparative prices 
of a number of  leading staple articles  of 
food and clothing.”

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

R E M O V A L   S A L E .
Having  leased  other  quarters,  better 
adapted  for  the  Drug  business,  1  offer 
my entire stock of

Holiday and Fancy Goods, Novelties, 
Toys, Dolls, Games, fllbifms, Bas­
kets, Books and Stationery, Sport­
ing Goods, Notions,

A N D   M A N Y   D R U G G IST S’  8 U N D R IE S   A T

GREATLY  REDOCED  PRICES.

A  rare  chance to buy  Fall  and  Holiday 

Goods  at  Bargain Prices.  Sam­

ples now ready.

Special  prices  on  all  surplus stock  be­

fore moving.  Lease expires 

November 1st.

sale.

Drug  Store  Shelving  and  Counters  for 
Large Wall Cases for sale. 
Sample-Trunks for sale.
Small stock Drugs and Fixtures  for sale. 
Large comer store for rent until January 

1st.  Correspondence Invited.

Fred  Brundage,

21  to  27 T e r ra c e  S t.,

M u sk e g o n ,  M ic h ig a n ,

ACIDUM.

A cetlcu m ......................... 
8® 10
Benzoicum   G erm an..  50®  Go
80
Boracic 
........................ 
C arb o licu m ..................   23®  35
C ltric u m ...................... 
48®  53
H y d ro cm o r...................  
3®  5
N itrocum  
....................  10®  12
O x alicu m ......................  10®  12
Phosphorlum   d ll......... 
20
S alicylicum ................. 1  36@1  70
S ulphurlcum ...................  H i®  5
T an n icu m .....................1  40@1  60
T artarieum .....................   40®  42

AMMONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  d e g ................   3M® 
5
7
20  d e g ................   5V4® 
Carbonas  ......................  12®  14
C h lo rld u m ....................  12®  14

ANILINE.

B lack.............................. 2 00@2  25
B row n..........................  •  80@1  00
R ed ..................................   45®  50
Y ellow ...........................2  50®3  00

BACCAK.

Cubeae (po.  90)......... 
90@1  10
J u n ip e ru s .....................  
8®  10
X antnoxylum ..............   25®  30

BALSAMUM.

C opaiba.........................   55®  60
P eru ....................................   @1 35
Terabin, C anada  .......   35®  40
T o lu ta n .........................   35®  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  C anadian....................  18
Casslae  ....................................  11
C inchona F lava  ....................  18
Euonym us  atro p u rp .............  30
M yrica  Cerifera, p o ...............  20
PrunuB Y irg in i.......................   12
Q uillaia,  g rd ...........................   14
Sassafras  .................................  14
Ulmus Po (G round  12).........  10

EXTRACTCM.
G lycyrrhiza  G labra..
p o .......
“ 
Haem atox, 15 lb.  b o x .
“  
I s ...............
K s.............
“ 
“  Ms..........
FERRTJM.
Carbonate P reclp.......
Citrate and  Q u in la...
Citrate  Soluble  .........
Ferrocyanidum  Sol 
.
Solut  C hloride...........
Sulphate,  eom’l

24®  25 
33®  35 
11®  12 
13®  14 
14®  15 
16®  17

®   15 
@3  50 
@  80 
®   50 
15
2
7

“ 

p u re ..............  

.........  1)4® 
®  

A rn ic a __
Anthém is  . 
M atricaria

FLORA.

22®  25 
50®  50 
25®  30

FOLIA.
............ 

n iv e lly ................  25® 

 
Barosma 
Cassia  A cutifol,  Tin-

20®  50
28
35® 50
and  Ms...........*..........  12®  15
S®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
U ra U rsl.........................  

“  A lx. 

“ 

OCMMl.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Acacia,  1st  p ick ed —   ®   85
“  —   ®   60
2d 
3d 
....  @ 5 0
“ 
@ 3.1
sifted so rts... 
p o ....................  60®   80
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...  50®  60
®   12
. 
“  Cape,  (po.  20). 
Socotrl,  (po.  60).  @ 5 0
“ 
Catechu, Is, (Ms, 14 Ms,
16)............................. 
@  1
A m m onlae....................  45®  50
@ 2 2
Assafoetlda,  (po. 30).. 
Benzoin u m ....................  50®  55
C am phor».............. . 
..  50®  53
Euphorbium   po  .........  35® 
lo
50
G albanum .............   @3 
Gamboge,  p o ................   80®  95
G uaiaciun,  (po  30) 
...  @ 2 5
Kino,  (po.  25)..............   @  20
M a s tic ...........................  @  90
M yrrh,  (po  45)...........   @  40
Opll,  (po. 3  20)..............2 00@2 10
Shellac  ....................... 
  25®  35
bleached.........  30®  35
T ra g a c a n th ..................  30®  75

“ 

herba—I n ounce packages.

A bsinthium   ...........................   25
B up ato rlu m .............................  20
L obelia......................................  25
M ajorum ..................................   28
M entha  P ip erita....................  23
V lr .............................  25
R u e.............................................  30
T anacetum , V .........................   22
Thym us,  V ...............................  25

“ 

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, P a t................  55®  60
Carbonate,  P a t............   20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M __   20®  25
Carbonate,  Jenning5..  35®  36

OLEUM.

A b sin th iu m ................... 3 50@4 00
A m ygdalae, D u lc .........  45®  75
A m yaalae, A m arae___ 8 00®8 25
A n ls l................................1  75®1 85
A urantl  C ortex............ 3 60@3 75
Bergam ll  ...................... 3  75@4  00
C a jlp u tl.......................  
70®  80
C aryophylll..........   95@1 
00
C e d a r .............................  35®  65
Chenopodil  ..................  @1  75
C ln n a m o n ll....................1  15@1 20
C ltro n ella.....................  @  45
Contain  M ac................  35®  65
Copaiba  ........................ l  10® l  20

Cubebae............................  ©  
E xechthitos.................  2 50@2 75
E rlg e ro n ....................... 2 25@i  50
G a u lth e ria ....................2 00@2  10
G eranium ,  ounce.......   @  75
Gossipii,  Sem. g a l.......   50®  75
Hedeoma  ..................... 1  40@1  50
J u n ip e rl.........................   50@2 00
L a v e n d u la ....................  90@2 00
L im o n ls......................... 2 50@3 10
M entha P ip er................ 2  90@3 00
M entha  V erid...............2 20®2 30
M orrhuae, g a l...............1  on@l  10
M yrcia, o u nce..............   @  50
O liv e ................................   85@2 75
Picis Liquida,  (gal. 35)  10®  12
K lc ln l................................ 1  08@1 
Rosm arin!..............  
75@1  00
Rosae,  o u nce................  @6 50
S uccinl...........................  40®   45
S a b in a ...........................  90@1  00
Santal 
........................... 3  50@7 00
S assafras.......................   50®  55
Sinapis, ess, o unce__   @  65
T Iglii..............................   @1  00
T h y m e ...........................  40®  50
opt  ..................  @ 6 0
Theobrom as..................  15®  20

•  POTASSIUM.

B IC arb...........................  15®  18
B ich ro m ate..................  13®  14
B rom ide.......................  
28©  30
C arb................................   12®   15
Chlorate,  (po. 16).........  14®  16
C yanide.........................   50®  55
Io d id e.................................2  80@2 
Potassa, B itart,  p u re..  28®  30 
©   15
Potassa, B itart, co m ... 
Potass  N itras, o p t.......  
8®  10
Potass N itra s................ 
7® 
9
P ru ssla te .......................   28®  30
Sulphate  p o ..................  15®  18

RADIX.

A c o n itu m ......................  20®  25
A lthae.............................  25©  30
A n c h u s a .......................   12®  15
Arum,  p o .......................   @  25
C alam us.........................   20®  50
G entiana,  (po.  15).........   10®  12
G lychrrhiza, (pv.  15)..  16®  18 
H ydrastis  Canaden,
@ 3 5
(po.  10)...................... 
Hellebore,  Ala,  p o __   15®  20
Inula,  p o .........................   15® 20
Ipecac,  p o ..........................2  10©2 
Iris  pi ox (po. 35@38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  p r ........................  70®  75
M aranta,  M s.-. 
.........  @  35
Podophyllum , po.........  15®  18
R hei..................................   75@1 00
“  c u t.........................  @1  75
“  p v ...........................  75©1  35
S p ig elia...........................  48® 53
Sanguinarla,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
S erpentaria......................  30® 35
S e n e g a .............................  40® 45
Sim ilax, Officinalis,  H @ 4 0
@  20
M 
Scillae,  (po. 35)...............  10® 12
Symplocarpus,  Fcetl-
dus,  p o .......................   @  35
V aleriana, Eng.  (po.30)  @  25
15®  20
G erm an... 
inglber a ........................  10®  15
Zingiber  j ..................... 
18® 22

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..  @ 1 5
A nlsum ,  (po.  20). 
20®  22
Apium  (graveleons).. 
Bird, I s ...................... 
6
4® 
Carat, (po.  18)..............  
8®  12
C ardam on.....................1  00® 1  25
C orlandrum ..............   .  10® 
12
Cannabis S ativa........... 
4M@5
Cydonium ......................  75@i  00
Cnenopodlum   ............   10®  12
D lpterix O dorate.........2 10@2  20
F oenlculnm ..................  @  15
Foenugreek,  po .......  
6® 
8
L i n t..............................   4  @ 4M
Liul. grd,  (bbl. 3M)  4  @  4M
Lobelia...........................  35®  40
Pharlaris C anarian—  3M@  4M
R a p a ..............................  
7
Sinapis,  A lb u ..............  
9
N ig ra............   11®  12

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F rum enti, W., D.  C o..2  00@2  50
D.  F. R ....... 1  75@2 00
Juniperis  Co. O. T __ 1  75@1  75
Saacharum   N.  E .........1  75®2  00
Spt.  V ini  G alll............ 1  75@6  50
Vini O porto ..................1  25@2  00
V inl  A lba..................... 1  25®2  00

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SPONGES.

F lorida  sheeps'  wool
ca rriag e......................2 25®2  50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ...................  
2 00
Velvet  ex tra  sheeps’
wool  carriage........... 
1  10
E xtra  yellow  sheeps’
85
ca rria g e ...................... 
Grass sheeps' wool car.
r la g e ........................... 
65
75
H ard for  slate  u se—  
Yellow  Reef, for  slate 
1  40
u s e ..............................

A c c a d a ....................................  50
Zingiber  ..................................  50
Ipecac........................................  60
Burri  Io d ..................................  50
A urantl  Cortes.......................   56
Rhel  A rom .................. 
50
Sim ilax  O ffidnalis................   60
C o.........   50
S en eg a......................................   50
Scillae........................................  50
«  Co..................................   50
T o lu ta n ....................................  50
Promu  firs.......................   50

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TINCTURES.
A conitum   N apelllsR . 
F .
A loes..............................
and  m y rrh .........
A rn ic a ...........................
A safcetlda.....................
Atrope B elladonna__
B enzoin.........................
C o....................
S anguinaria..................
B aro sm a.......................
C antharides..................
C apsicum .....................
Ca  dam on......................
Co..................
C asto r..............................
C atechu.......................
Cinchona  .......................
C o...................
C olu m b a....................... .
C o n lu m ..........................
C ubeba............................
D ig ita lis.......................
E rgot................................
G e n tia n ...........................
C o.......................
G u a ic a .............................
am m on..............
Z in g ib e r..................
H yoscyam us..................
Io d in e...............................
Colorless.............
F errl  C hlorldum ...........
K in o ................................
Lobelia.............................
M yrrh...............................
N ux  V om ica..................
O p ll..................................
“  C am phorated.........
“  D eoaor....................
A urantl C ortex...............
Q u a ssia ...........................
R hatany  .........................
R hel..................................
Cassia  A cutifol............
Co.......
S erp e n ta ria ....................
Strom onium ....................
T o lu ta n .....   ..................
V aleriaD .......................
V eratrum  V erlde...........
MISCELLANEOUS.

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1 
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ground, 

jE ther, Spts  N it, 3  F ..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
A lu m e n .........................  2M@ 3
(po.
7)  ................................  
4
3® 
A n n atto .........................   55®  60
A ntim oni, p o ................ 
4® 
5
55®  60
et Potass T. 
A n tip y rin ......................  @1  40
A n tifeb rln .....................  @  25
A rgenti  N itras, ounce  @  67
A rsenicum .................... 
7
Balm Gilead  B u d .......  38®  40
Bism uth  S.  N .............. 2  10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms
11;  Ms.  12)................   @ 
9
C antharldes  Russian,
p o ................................   @1  20
Capslcl  F ructus, a f ...  @  20
p o —   @ 2 5
@  20
15 po. 
Caryophyllus,  (po.  15)  12®  13
Carm ine,  No. 40...........  @3  75
Cera  Alba,  S. & F .......   50®  55
Cera  F la v a ....................  38®  40
Coccus 
.........................  @  40
Cassia F ru ctu s............   @  20
C entrarla.......................  @  10
C etaceum .....................   @  42
C hloroform ...........
iqutbbs ..  @1  25
Chloral H y d C rst.........1  50@1  70
C b o n d ru s.....................   20®
Cinchonldlne, P.  <s  W  15® 
G erman  3  @ 
Corks,  list,  dis. 
per
cent  .........................
@
C reaso tu m .................. 
Creta,  (bbl. 75).............  @
p rep ...................... 
5®
,ubra..................  @
Crocus  — ....................  30®
C udbear.........................   @
Cuprl Sulph  ................   5 @
D e x trin e .......................   10®
E ther S ulph.......... .......   68®
Emery,  all  num bers..  @
p o .....................   @ 
a
Ergota,  (po.)  60...........  50®  55
Flake  W hite................  12®  15
G a lla ..............................  @  23
G am bler......................... 7  @ 8
G elatin,  Cooper...........  @  70
F re n c h ............  40®  60
G lassware  flint,  70 and 10. 

75@3 50
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Glue,  B row n................ 
9®  15
“  W hite..................  13®  25
G ly ce rin e.....................17  @  25
G rana P aradis!............   @  22
H um nlus.......................   25®  55
H ydraag  Chlor  M ite..  @  90
  @  80
Ox Rubrum   @1  (0
@1 10
A m m onlatl. 
U nguentum .  45®  55
H ydrargyrum ..............   @  75
Ichthyobolla,  Am. 
.1  25@1 50
Indigo.............................  75@1  00
Iodine,  R esubl............3 75@3 85
Iodoform .......................   @4  70
L u p u lin .........................   35®  40
L ycopodium ................   40®  45
M a c is .............................  80®  85
Liquor  ArBCn  et  Hy-
drarg Io d ....................  @  27
Liquor Potass A rslnltls  10®  12
M agnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
IK).........................  a®  3
M anilla,  S. F ................   45®  50

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T H E  

jVfT CTTTCtATST  t r a d e s m a n

G R O C B R IB S .

Put It in Writing.

One of the  features which  distinguish 
successful  business men  from those  who 
do  not  succeed  is  the  difference  with 
which  orders  are  given.  This  is  true 
whether  the order  be for  materials and 
matters outside the establishment or with 
respect to directions  inside of the  estab­
lishment.
We know some men  who are very  loth 
to give a  verbal  order for anything,  and 
make  a  rule  to  reduce  everything  to 
writing. 
In their establishments,  while 
there is  considerable  red  tape,  there  is 
never any confusion,  and there is  no dis­
pute  about  misunderstandings.  Verbal 
orders,  to use a slang  expression,  “don’t 
go”  nowadays.  Something more definite 
and  more  positive  is  necessary.  With 
cheap and efficient delivery,  with  pencil 
and paper to be found everywhere,  there 
is no need  to allow  uncertainties of  the 
verbal  kind  to exist.  How better can we 
illustrate this than by the following lines 
which  someone has written bearing upon 
this  point?
told  H ezekish to tell Widow  Gray
To tell M other Brown  nex t door.
To tell  Deacon  Brown, at  the store.
To come for me sure, and in season;
But I've waited all day.and no stage have I seen ;
Sow. what do you think is the reason?

To tell the old stage driver, Tim othy  Bean,

To tell Dickey Dwight,  w ho goes th at way,

H o w  t o  G e t R id  o f  R a t s  in  S to r e s .
Most grocers  have been  annoyed with 
rats on  their  premises,  the  odds  being 
against  the  storekeeper  generally  The 
sense of  smell  is known  to be very acute 
in the rat,  making his entrapment  a  dif­
ficult  matter,  particularly  if  his  keen 
scent  informs him that  the  trap  set  for 
him has been the prison-house of a broth­
er  rodent.  Recently, 
through  boyish 
sport,  a  fine  rat  trap  was  discovered. 
Several  boys  were amusing  themselves, 
by  tossing  grains  of  corn  into  several 
large  empty milk cans.  The next morn­
ing,  on  entering  the  storeroom,  queer 
sounds of squealing ami scratching greet­
ed  the ears of the  grocer. 
Investigation 
revealed  scores of rats in  the  milk  cans, 
vainly  trying 
to  escape.  Lids  were 
placed  on the cans,  which  were rolled  to 
a nearby faucet,  from  which  the  water 
was gradually let into the  cans  through 
the slightly  opened lid,  the drowning  of 
the rats being thus  made  a  question  of 
but a few minutes.

National Orange Standard.

From the California Fruit Grower.

A  little  more  work  and not  so  much 
talk  about  the  adoption  of  a  national 
standard of  points  for  judging  oranges 
would soon  settle the trouble.  Last year 
the Florida and  California growers  both 
appointed committees  for the purpose of 
promoting  mutual  interests, but  no  one 
has  ever  heard of  the committees  since 
the day of their appointment.  The joint 
committee,  by  adopting  or  recommend­
ing for  adoption  a  uniform judging  sys­
tem,  could render a valuable  service and 
justify  its  otherwise  useless  existence. 
So far as the  national  part  of the propo­
sition  is considered,  Florida  and Califor­
nia are  the only  two  States  interested, 
and the matter should  be settled between 
them  without  dragging  in  other States, 
which know a  great deal  more  about po­
tatoes than  they do  about oranges.

Country Callers.

Calls  have  been  received  at  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n  office during  the  past  week 
from  the  following  gentleman  in  trade:

A.  B. Schumaker,  Grand  Ledge.
C.  L.  Martin & Co.,  Elk  Rapids.
S.  B.  Rolison,  Hesperia.
E.  Medes, Coral.
Milo Bolender,  Hubbardston.
J.  L.  Thomas,  Cannonsburg.
Saunders & Sipple, Sheffield.
Patrick & Niergarth,  Reed City.
White & Fairchild,  Boyne City.
M.  V.  Gundrum  &  Co.,  Leroy.
L.  R.  Lansing, Wayland.
For the finest coffees in the world, high 
grade teas,  spices, etc.,  see J.  P.  Visner, 
304  North  Ionia  street,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.,  general  representative  for  E.  J. 
Gillies & Co.,  New York City.

Don’t Be Too Funny in Business.

I  Of  course it was a good  joke.  Hadn’t 
| the  boss said  that he didn’t want  every- 
i body in the  office  running in  to  see him 
on every little  pretext?  Hadn’t  he  told 
one of the clerks that if the latter wanted 
anything  brought  to  his  attention  he 
should  speak to his  immediate  superior 
j  and  have the matter come to him through 
I the proper channels?
Naturally,  in  view  of  this,  everyone 
was  tickled  when  the  assistant  book­
keeper said to the book-keeper:
“Mr.  Smith,  will  you  please  ask' Mr. 
Browu  to  ask  Mr.  Wilkins  to  ask  Mr. 
Johnson to ask  the  boss if  I can  get  off 
Friday at 4 o’clock?”
The book-keeper saw the humor of  the 
thing,  and  promptly delivered  the  mes­
sage  to  Mr.  Brown,  and  so  it went  up 
step  by  step to the  boss,  who  smiled  a 
sickly sort of smile when the request was 
repeated  to him.
“Ah,  yes,”  he  said,  “the  assistant 
book-keeper seems  to  be a great stickler 
for office etiquette.”
“Yes,  sir,”  returned  Mr.  Johnson,  “he 
was  anxious  that  the  request  should 
reach you  through  the proper channels.”
“Quite right,” said  the  boss.  “Now,  I 
might  call  him in and  give  him  my an­
swer  in  person,  but  that  would  hardly 
be  in  conformity with  his  idea  of  pro­
priety,  would  it?”
“Well,  sir.  1  suppose it is  only  a little 
joke.”
“Yes,  yes,  of  course.  Very  amusing, 
this  step-ladder  business.  Now,  Mr. 
Johnson,  will you please tell  Mr. Wilkins 
to  tell  Mr.  Brown  to  tell  Mr.  Smith  to 
tell  the  assistant  book-keeper  that  his 
services are dispensed  with.  And  while 
you  are  passing the message  down  you 
might  add  that if  we  have any more  of 
this  step-ladder  business,  I’ll  kick  the 
whole  ladder  over  and  throw  it  out  of 
the office.”

Red  Star  cough  drops  take  the  lead. 
Order them direct of the  manufacturers, 
A.  E.  Books  & Co.,  Grand  Kapids.
C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

FRUIT JARS.

M ason's or  Lightning.

P in ts .................................................................  .  .10 CO
Q u a rts .................................................................  . 10  50
ilalf gallons...........................................................13  50
R ubbers................................................................... 
55
Caps  o n ly ...............................................................  4 50

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 S u n ..............................................  
45
No. 1  “ 
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50
...................................................................  75
No. 2  ** 
T u b u la r....................................................................   75

 

 

lamp  chimneys.—Per box.

6 doz. in  box.

XXX Flint.

F irst quality.
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No. 0 S u n .................................................................  1 75
No. 1  “ 
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...................................................................2 70
No. 2  “ 
to p ........................................... 2 25
No. 0 Sun, crim p 
No. 1  “ 
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“ .............................................3 40
No. 2  “ 
to p ........................................... 2 60
No. 0 Sun, crim p 
No. 1  “ 
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No. 2  “ 
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3 86
No. 1 Sun, w rapped and  lab eled ....................... 3 70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
......................4  70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
........................4  70
No. 1 Sun. plain  bulb,  per d oz...........................1  25
No. 2  “ 
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No. 1 crim p, per d o z.......  .................................... 1  35
.............................................. 1  60
No. 2 
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Pearl top.

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LAMP WICKS.

No. C,  per  gross............................  
23
28
No.  1, 
 
No  2, 
38
75
No. 3, 
M ammoth, per d o z.................................................  90

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STONEWARE—AKRON.

B utter Crocks,  1  and 2 g a l ... ...................... 
06
1 Ju g s, 14 gal., per doz.........................................   75
I 
..........................................  90
........................................  1  80
M ilk Pans, 14 gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c)___   60
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72

3 to 6 g a l..................................   06 >4
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PO ULTR Y .

Local dealers pay as follows for dressed fow ls:

Spring  chickens...........................................10 @11
I F all  chickens................................................  8 @  9
T u rk ey s......................................... 
10  @11
Spring d u ck s..................................................10 @12
F all  d u ck s.....................................................  9 @10
Geese  ............................................................   @

cx N sa a ra   r o o t .

We pay the highest price for it.  Addresa

PECK BROS., WGKAND ÄApSfw.1*

P R O D U C E   M A R K E T .

Apples—  $2.25 per  bbl.  for choice w inter fruit.
Beans—Dry beans  are  beginning  to  come  in 
freely, dealers  paying  $1.25  for  unpicked  and 
country  picked  and  holding  at  $1.60  for  City 
picked pea  or m edium.
B utter—Choice  dairy finds  ready  sale at  21@ 
32c.  Factory  cream ery is held at 26c.
Celery—The crop appears to be an exceptional 
ly  large  one,  m any  grow ers  being  unable  to 
secure  anything  like  adequate  returns.  Local 
handlers m anage to bold  the price  steady at 20c 
by preventing over supply.
Cabbages—40c per doz.
Cider—Sweet, 10c per gai.
Cranberries—Fancy Cape  Cod are  held a t $7.50 
per  bbl.,  w ith  second  grade  in  fair  dem and 
at $7.  Fancy in crates bring $2.75.
Eggs—D ealers pay  20c for strictly  fresh, hold­
ing at 22c.  Cold storage and pickled are in  fair 
dem and at about 2c  below fresh stock.
is  utterly 
featureless, dealers buying  grudgingly  at  5)(@ 
6c and ho'ding at 7c.
Grapes—Nine  pound  baskets  sold  at  30c  for 
Concords  and  35c  for  Delawares.  C alifornia 
Tokay com mand $2 per 4 basket crate.
H oney—The dem and  is  strong but it is impos­
sible to secure choice stock.
O nions—D ealers  pay 45®5Gc  and hold  at  55@ 
60c, ex tra fancy com m anding about 70e.
Peaches—Stray  lots  of  Smocks  continue  to 
come  in  and  are  gobbled  up  at  $1.50,  dealers 
bolding same  again at 11.75.
Potatoes—O utside  dealers  are  paying  20@25c 
and  shipping  into the  Chicago  m arket, alm ost 
invariably  at a loss,  as  the  choicest  B urbanks 
have never sold above 32c, 25c being about a fair 
average.

Evaporated  Apples—The  m arket 

Quinces—$2 per bushel.
Squash—H ubbard, 2c per lb.
Sweet  Potatoes—$2.50 per  bbl.  for  choice  J e r­
T urnips—25c per bushel.

sey stock.

P R O V IS IO N S .

The G rand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

FORK  IN  BARRELS.

sausage—F resh  and Smoked.

quotes as follow s:
Mess,  new .............................................................  10  25
Short c u t ..............................................................   12  75
E xtra clear pig, short  c u t................................   t5  00
E x tra clear,  h ea v y .............................................
Clear, fa t  b ac k ....................................................  14  25
Boston clear, short c u t.......................................  :5 00
14 50
Clear back, short c u t.......................................  
S tandard clear, short cut. b est.....   .............. 
14 50
Pork Sausage........................................................... 7
Ham Sausage...........................................................  9
Tongue Sausage......................................................  9
F rankfort  Sausage 
..............................................   3
Blood Sausage.........................................................   5
Bologna, straig h t...................................................   5
Bologna,  th ic k ........................................................  5
Head Cheese.............................................................   5
T ie rc e s......................................................................   SM
T ubs............................................................................  8H
50 lb.  T in s................................ 
8%
Corn-
lard. 
pound.

lard—Kettle R endered

 
Fam ily. 

6
6*4
7
7%
6
614
614

T ie rc e s............................................ 6)1* 
c0 and  50 lb. T ubs.........................614 
3 lb.  Pails, 20 In a  ca se............... 714 
5 lb. Palls, 12 In a case................. 714 
10 lb. Pails, 6 In a case.................7 
201b. Pails, 4 in  a  case................95g 
501b. C ans.......................................6)4 
BEEF  IN  BARRELS.
E xtra Mess, w arranted 200  lbs. 1......................  7 00
E x tra Mess, Chicago packing...........................  7 00
Boneless, rum p butts.................................... 
Hams, average 20 lb s .............................................  gu
16 lb s .............................................10
12 to 14 lb s .....................................1014
p ic n ic ............................................................. 714
best boneless.............................................  914

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

S houlders.....................................................  
 
B reakfast Bacon, boneless...................................11
D ried beef, ham  prices.........................................  814
Long Clears, h ea v y ................................................   734
Briskets,  m edium .............................................  

 
lig h t........................................................  8

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F R E S H   M EA TS.

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Sw ift and Company quote as follow s:
Beef, carcass.................................................
h in d q u a rte rs....................................
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loins, No. 3 .......................................
“ 
rib s ....................................................
“ 
ro u n d s...............................................
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tongues..............................................
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B olo g n a..........................................................
Pork  lo in s......................................................
........................................
Sausage, blcod  or h e a d .............................
liv e r................................................
F ra n k fo rt......................................
M u tto n ...........................................................
V eal............................................................ ..

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F. J . D ettenthaler quotes as follows : 

fresh  f is h .
W hiteflsh.........................................................  
@ 8
T ro u t........................................... 
H alib u t...............................................................  @15
Ciscoes...............................................................  @ 5
F lo u n d ers..........................................................  @ 9
B luefiah.................................................. 
M ackerel...........................................................   @25
C od.................................................... 
C alifornia salm on.................................  
oysters—Bulk.
$1  15
Standards, per  g a l........................................ 
Selects, 
1  75
...................................... 
F alrhaven  C ounts..........................................  @35
F. J . D. S e le c ts ...............................................  @30
S ele cts...............................................................   @23
F   J . D..........................................................  
A nchor...............................................................  @20
Standards  ........................................................   @16
F avorites..................................................... 
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100.............................. 
Clams. 

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oysters—Cans.

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C A N D IE S,  F R U IT S  an d   NUTS.

The P utnam  Candy Co. quotes as follow s:

STICK  CANDY.
F ull  W eight. 

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H .H .............................................  654 
T w is t.......................................   654 
Boston  Cream  ........................................ 
C ut  L oaf....................................................  754 
E x tra  H.  H .................................................7)4 

Bbls.  Pails.
7)4
754
7)4
954
8)4
8)4

MIXED  CANDY.
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fancy—In bulk.
F ull W eight. 

Lozenges,  p la in ..................................... 10)4 
Chocolate D rops...................................... 
Choeolate  M onum entals...................... 
Gum D rops...............................................  5 
Moss D rops............................................... 8 
Sour D rops...............................................  8)4 
Im perials..................................................1054 

Bbls.
..654
..6)4
. .7
S pecial...................................
..7
R oyal.................................... .
-.7)4
N obby....................................
B roken..................................
■ .7)4
English  R ock.....................
. .7
C onserves...........................
..7)4
Broken Taffy.......................
P eanut S quares..................................  
E x tra .................................................... 
F rench Cream s................  
Valley  C ream s............... 

Pails.
7)4
7)4
8
8
8)4
8)4
8
8)4
9
10
10)4
1354
Bbls.  Palls.
11)4
12)4
1254
14
654
9
9)4
1154
Per Box.
Lemon D rops................ 
55
Sour D ro p s................................................................55
Pepperm int D rops..................................................65
Chocolate D rops.....................  
70
H. M. Chocolate  D rops..........................................90
Gum D rops........................................................40@50
Licorice Drops....................................................... 1 00
A.  B. Licorice  D rops............................................. 80
Lozenges, plain........................................................65
p rin te d ...................................................70
Im perials................................................................... 65
M ottoes..,...................................................................75
Cream B ar................................................................. 60
Molasses  B a r............................................................55
H and Made  Cream s.......   ..............................85@95
Plain C ream s.....................................................80@90
D ecorated Cream s................................................1 00
String  R ock..............................................................70
B urnt A lm onds...  ..............................................100
W intergreen  B erries............................................. 65

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

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CARAMELS.

No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb. boxes..............................   34
No. 1, 
51
No. 2, 
28
No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes...........................................1 10

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F lo rid a s......................................................... 3  50@3  75

oranges.

LEMONS.

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Messina, choice, 360................................
fancy, 360................................
choice  300................................
fancy 390.................................
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
Figs, Smyrna,  new ,  fancy  lay ers__
“  __

choice 

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@7  00
@18 
@15 
@12)4 

@  9 @ 8
@ 8 

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F ard, 10-lb.  b o x ................................
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Persian, 50-lb.  b o x .....................

50-lb.  “ 

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NUTS.

10 00

7

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Almonds, T arragona..................................
Iva'ca...........................................
C alifornia.................................
Brazils, new ..................................................
F ilb e rts ..........................................................
W alnuts, G renoble......................................
M arbot..........................................
C hill..............................................
Table  N uts,  fa n c y ......................................
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.,  ........... 
.
Cocoannts, fu ll sack s....................
PEANUTS.
8
Fancy, H.  P., S uns......................................
Fancy, H.  P., F la g s ....................................
Choice, H. P.,  E x tra s................................
“  R oasted....................

“  Roasted  .......................  7
“  R oasted........................  7

ch o ice................................... 11

@16)4 
@16 @1654 
@11)4 
@14 
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@10 
@14 @12)4 
15)4@17)4 
@4  00
@ 5)4 
7  @ 7)4 
@ 5)4 
@ 7)4 
@ 4)4 
@ 6)4

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H ID E S ,  P E L T S   a n d   FU R S

Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fo lo w s: 

h id e s.

 

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G re e n .............................................................  3)4®  4)i
P art  C ured....................................................   @  5
F u ll 
@  5)4
D ry..........................................................  
6  @ 7
Kips, green  ..................................................   4  @  5
Calfskins,  g reen ...........................................   4 @ 5
Deacon sk in s...................................................10 @30

cu red ......................................................  5 @ 5)4
cu re d ...........................................  5 @  654

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No. 2 hides X off.

Shearlings........................................................ 10 @25
Lam bs............................................................... 20 @75

FELTS.

WOOL.

@ 8

W ashed......................................... ........................2Q@30
U nw ashed.....................................................  
10@20

MISCELLANEOUS.

 
T a llo w ........................................ 
Grease  butter  .............................................   1  @ 2
S w itch es................................................  
...  i) 4@  2
G in s e n g ......................................................  2  00@2  50
@13

354©   454

@12

 

O IL S .

T he  S tandard  Oil  Co.  quotes  as  follows,  In 

barrels, f. o. b.  G rand R apids:
W. W. H eadlight, 150 fire  test  (old test)  @  8)4
................. 
©   6
W ater  W hite,  120 
Special W hite, 120 
................   @ 7v
M ichigan Test, 120 
 
  @ 7)4
N ap th a..................................   ...........  .......   @ 7)4
G asoline........................................•...............  @ 8 «
C y lin d er........................................................27  @36
Engine  .................. 
...........................13  @21
Black, 25 to 30  d e g ...................................  @  714

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@23

@15
 

APPLE  BUTTER

40 lb. p a l ls .............................  5
20 lb. p a i ls ......... ...................   554

AXLE UREASE.

F r a z e r ’s.

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Wood boxes, per  d o z ........ 

80
3  doz. c a se ...  2 40
“ 
per gross  ___   9 00
“ 
251b. pails,.............................  1  00
75
151b.  “ 
 
A u ro ra .
Wood boxes,  per  d oz........ 
60
3 doz. c a se ...  1 75
per  gross___   6  00

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D ia m o n d .

Wood boxes,  per doz  .......  

50
3 doz. c a se ...  1 50
per  gross  ...  5 50

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P e e rle s s .

25 lb.  p a i ls ............................. 

90

BAKING  POWDER.

45
Acme,  14 lb. cans, 3 doz  ... 
85
lb.  “ 
2  “  .... 
1  “  ....  1 00
1 lb.  “ 
b u lk ............................. 
10
45
T eller's,  14 lb. cans,  d oz. 
85
“  .. 
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“  ..  1  50
A rctic, 14 ft  c a n s ................  
60
................   1  20
................   2 00
................   9  60
Red Star, 14 ft  ca n s............  
40
............  
60
.............   1  50

14 lb. 
1 lb. 
H  ft  “ 
1 ft  “ 
5 f t  “ 
141b 
1 f t 
BATH BRICK.

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2 dozen in case.

bluing. 

E n g lis h ....................................   90
Bristol........................................  70
Dom estic...................................  60
Gross
A rctic, 4 oz  ov als................  4  00
“ 
8 oz 
7  00
pints,  ro u n d ............ 10  50
“ 
“  No. 2, sifting b o x ...  2  75 
“  No. 3, 
...  4  00
“  No. 5, 
. . . 8  00
l oz ball  ....................  4  50
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BROOMS.

 

No. 2 H u rl...............................  1  75
3  00
No.  1  “ 
No. 2 C arpet........................     2  25
No. 1 
“ 
2  50
Parlor G em ...............................2  75
Common W h isk .................... 
90
Fancy 
....................  1  20
M ill..........................................  3  25
W arehouse............................... 2  75

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BUCKWHEAT  PLOUR.
Rising S u n ........... 
York S tate.........  ..................
Self Rising, c a s e ......................... 5 CO

.................5 00

CANDLES
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Hotel, 40 lb. boxes................   1054
Star,  40 
1054
P araffine.................................12
W icking..................................   25

 

C A N V E 1)  GOO D S.

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FISH.
Clams.
Little Neck,  1 lb ............. . . . 1   10
2  lb ............. . . . 1   90
“ 
Clam  Chowder.
Standard, 3 1 b .................. ....2  30
Cove Oysters.
....1   10
Standard,  1 lb ................
2 lb ................
....2  10
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb .......................... ....2   45
2  lb ......................... ....3  45
Picnic, 1 lb ........................ ....2  00
21b ........................ ....3   00
M ackerel.
Standard, 1 lb .................. .. .1   20
2  lb ................ ....2   00
....3  00
M ustard,  3 1 b ................
....3  00
Tom ato Sauce,  3 lb ....
..  .3  00
S oused,3  lb ....................
...1  90
Colum bia River, f la t...
....1   75
ta ils ...
Alaska, 1  lb .................... ___1  40
...2   10
21b ......................
Sardines.
-45v@  5
American  M s................
.654©  7
H s................
, . 11@12 
Im ported  54s ..................
.. 13@14
H s ..................
@8
M ustard  ?4s....................
....  50
Brook, 3  lb ......................

Salmon.
“ 

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Trout.

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FRUITS.
'  Apples.

2 50

Gages.

York State, gallons —  
“  —
H am burgh, 
Apricots.
2 25
S anta  C ruz....................
2 35
O verland......................
Blackberries.
90
F.  &  W ...........................
Cherries.
1  20
R ed ..................................
1  75
Pitted H am burgh  —
1  60
W h ite .............................
1  30
E r ie ....................-..........
Damsons, Egg Plum s and Greeu 
E r ie .................................  @1  60
Gooseberries.
C om m on.......................  
1  10
P ie ..................................1  G0@1
M a x w e ll........................ 
2
Shepard’s ...................... 
2  2>
C alifornia.....................2  60@2 75
D om estic........................ 
1  25
R iverside.......................  
2 25
Pineapples.
Comm on......................... 
1  30
Johnson’s  slic ed ......... 
2  60
g rated ......... 
2  85
Q uinces.
C om m on.......................  
1  10
Raspberries.
1  30
R ed .................................. 
Black  H am burg........... 
1  50
Brie,  b la ck ................... 
1  40

Peaches.

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W hortleberries.

Straw berries.
L aw ren ce.....................
H am b u rg h ....................
E rie.................................
C om m on.......................
F. &  W...........................
B lu e b erries..................
Corned  beef,  Libby’s __
Roast beef,  A rm our’s ___
Potted  ham , 54 lb ....... 
.
»4 lb ..............
tongue,  54 lb  .......
>4 lb ...  .
chicken, 54 lb .......

MEATS.

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Peas

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Corn.

Beans.

Mushrooms. 

VEGETABLES.
H am burgh  stringless. 
.. 
French style..
L im as................
Lima,  g reen .......................
soaked....................
Lewis Boston  B aked.......
Bay State  B aked..............
W orld’s  F a ir.....................
H am b u rg h .........................
Tiger ....................................
Purity 
................................
Honey  D ew .......................
H am burgh m a rro fa t.......
early Ju n e
Cham pion Eng
H am burgh  petit  pois 
.
fancy  sifted
Soaked ................................
H arris  stan d a rd ...............
Van Camp’s M arrofat 
Early J u n e ... 
A rcher's  Early Blossom.
French  ................................
F re n c h ...
Pum pkin.
E rie .........
Squash.
H ubbard
Succotash.
H a m b u rg ...........................
Soaked ...........................
Honey  D ew ........................
Tomatoes.
Van  Camp’s .......................
No. Collins.........................
H a m b u rg ...........................
G a llo n ................................
CHOCOLATE—BAKER'
G erm an Sw eet...................
Prem ium .............................
P u re..  ................................
B reakfast  Cocoa............
A m boy...........................
N o rw a y .........................
R iv e rsid e .....................
A llegan 
.....................
S k im ..............................
B rick ..................................
Edam   ..........................
Lim bnrger  ............—
R o q u e fo rt....................
Sap  Sago...................   •
Schw eitzer, im ported.
dom estic  —  

CHEESE.

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CATSUP.

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H alf  pint, com m on.........
P int 
.......
.........
Q uart 
H alf  pint, fan cy ..............
P int 
................
Q uart 
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CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes  ....................
COCOA  SHELLS.
B u lk .................................
Pound  packages............

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C O F F E E .

GREEN.

Rio.

F a ir.........
G ood.......
Prim e —
G olden...
Peaberry

1  "
1  65
1  40 
1  25 
1  30
.2  10 
.1  75 
.1  50 
.1  00 
.1  10 
95 
95

.1  2i
.1   40 
. .1  30 
..  90 
..1  35 
.. 1  35 
. .1  35
.1  20
..1  10
.1  40

H ummel’s, fo il.. 
tin  ...
CHICORY.

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B ulk.........................................
R e d ..........................................
Cotton,  40 f t ...........per doz.

CLOTHES  LINES.
“
50 f t ............ 
60 f t ............ 
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70 f t ............ 
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80 f t . ......... 
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60 f t ........... 
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7 2 f f ..........
CONDENSED MILK.

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E agle.......................................
Crown......................................
G enuine  Swiss......................
American Swiss....................
C O U PO N   B O O K S . 

“Tradesm an.”

8  1, per  h u n d re d ..................
8  2,  “ 
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$3,  “ 
8  5,  “ 
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810,  “ 
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820,  “ 
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f   1  per  h u n d re d ................
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*  2,  “ 
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810,  “ 
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1  50 I
2  50 !

I  25 
1  40 ! 
1  60 ! 
1  75 i 
1  90 
90 1  00
7  40
6  50 :
8  CO
7 00

2  00
2  50
3 00
3 OP
4 OP
5 OP
2  50
3  00
4  00
5 00

.1  90 
65
.1  10 j
.1  30 
.1  35 
.1  80

...1   40 
..  85 I 
...1  60
...1  00 
...1   CO 
...1  10 
...2  50 
s.

34
38
40
@1154 
@11 
©1154 
@1034 
@10 
1254 
@1  oo 
@10 
@35 
@22 
@25 
©13
...  80 
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.  .1  50 
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3 00

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@4

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.20 
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! $ 10, 

$  1, per hundred.
! * 3, 
8 5, 
$20,

$3 00 
.  3  50 
.  4  10 
.  5 CO 
.  6  00 
.  7  00
Bulk orders fo r above coupon 
books are subject to the follow ­
ing  discounts:
200 or o v er.................5  per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 

10
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COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.

.............. 20 

[Can  be  m ade to represent any 
denom ination  from  $10  down. |
20 books.............................$  1  00
2  00
50 
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250  “  ' 
.  6  25
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500 
10  00
1000 
17  50
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Butter.

CRACKERS.

Soda.

Seymour XXX......................... 6
Seymour XXX, ca rto o n .......  654
Fam ily  XXX.........................  8
Fam ily XXX,  cartoon.........  654
Salted  XXX.............................  6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ............654
Kenosha 
.............................  754
Boston.......................................   8
B utter  b is c u it..........................654
Soda,  XXX.............................  6
Soda, C ity................................   754
Soda,  Duchess  ......................  854
Crystal W afer.........................10
Reception  F lak es..................10
S. Oyster  X XX.......................   554
City Oyster. XXX....................  554
Shell  O yster...........................  6
Strictly  p u re .........................  
30
T elfer’s  A bsolute................  
35
Grocers’ .........................  - • ■ 10@15

CREAM TARTAR.

Oyster.

D R IE D   F R U IT S . 

Apples.

S u n d ried ........................  @554
E v a p o rated ................ -f  @  754

C alifornia Evaporated.

A pricots.........................  
B lackberries................. 
N ectarin es.................... 
Peaches  ........................ 
Pears,  sliced................
P lu m s.............................
Prunes,  sw eet...............

PRUNES.

14
654
13
13

PEEL.

CITRON.

CURRANTS.

T u rk e y ...........................  6  @  654
B osnia............................   @ 8
P re a c h .........................  
@ 9
Lem on............................  
18
O range...........................  
18
In  d ru m .........................  @24
In boxes........................   @24
Zante, in   b arrels......... 

©   4J£
in   54-bbls.........  @ 5
in  less quantity  @  554 
raisins —C alifornia. 
1  60
1  75
“ 
2  OO
“ 
1  50
1  60 
854
©   954

London Layers,  2 er’n 
3  “ 
fancy. 
M uscatels,2 crow n  ... 
.... 
.V ale n cias......................  
i O ndaras.........................  
S ultanas.........................  @

3  “ 
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FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

..16
F a ir .........
..17
G ood...........................
P rim e ........................................ “
Peaberry  ..............................,--~u
M exican and G uatem ala.
F a ir ...........................................
G ood..........................................**
F an cy ........................................

M aracaibo.

P rim e........................................ J®
M ille d ......................................

In te rio r.................................... ®
Private G row th...................... 27
M a n d eh lin g ............................*8

Java.

Mocha.

Im ita tio n ................................. 33
A rabian.....................................~b

ROASTED.

package.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
aar0 
M cL a u R h lin ’s  X X X X  
.2034
A rbuekle’s .... —   ..............
D urham ....................................
Lion, 60 lb.  case 
Lion, 1001b. case  •••••••••

— 

Cabinets con­
t a i n i n g   120 
one  p o u n d  
p’kages (sim ­
ilar to accom­
panying 
ill­
u s t r a t i o n )  
(sold  at  case 
price,w ith an 
'a d d i t i o n a l  
¡charge  of  90 
cents for ca b ­
inet.

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F arina.
Hominy.

4

Lim a  Beans.

M accaroni and V ermicelli. 

100 lb. kegs......................  
|  B arrels...................................... 3  75
G rits ..........................................4  50
554
D ried.................................. 
Domestic, 12 lb. box—  
55
Im ported.......................... 
10
Pearl Barley.
Kegs....................................3)s @3 54
Peas.
Green,  b n ............... 
1  10
Split,  b b l........................................5 00
Sago.
G erm an ..................................   454
E ast In d ia.................................  554

 

EXTRACT.

Valley C ity............................  „  75
F e lix ........................................  1  15

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

18

5 

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sia.

Cod.

Bloaters.

F IS H —S alt. 

L  strips...........

Pure G round In Bulk.

Pepper, Singapore, black 

N utmegs, f a n c y ....................80
“  No.  1...........................75
“  No.  2...........................65
.. 15 
w h ite ...  .25
“ 
sh o t............................. 19
“ 
Y arm outh...............................  1  10
1  Allspice .....................................15
B atavia...................... 20
P o llo c k ........................... 
3>4
and  Saigon.25
W hole, G rand  B an k ...  6  @654 
S aig o n ......................35
Boneless,  b r ic k s .........754@8Ii
A m boyna.................. 30
Ilnves
Z anzibar......... 
.20
Ginger, A frican ...................... 15
C ochin.......................18
Jamaica  .............. 30
Mace  B atavia..........................80
M ustard.  Eng.  and Trieste. .25
T rieste.......................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................... 75
Pepper, Singapore, black — 20
w h ite....... 30
C ayenne....................25
Sage.  ........................................20
54»  Hi

H alibut.
12 
H erring.
21
10  00
,  bbls..............
00  I
kegs...............
2  50
hore,  )4 b b l...
1  50
“  M  bbl.. 
M ackerel.
bbls. 90lb s ... ....... 11  60 1
No.  1,
No. 1, kits. 10 lb s..................  1  15 I
Fam ily,  54 bbls., 100 lb s__   5  50
75
45 I

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“A bsolute” in Packages.

Allspice

Scaled.

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M ustard 
Pepp 
Sage.

SUGA R.
Cut  L oaf...................
j  C u b e s .........................
V anilla  P ow dered..............
1  25  G ranulated. 
...
. 
1  so  Confectioners’ A
2  00  Soft A  .......................
3  00  W hite E xtra  C .........
4  ! 0 I  E xtra  C ......................

IM PE R IA L .

YOUNG  HYSON.

Common to  fa ir.............23  @26
S uperiortofine.............. 30  @35
Common to  fa ir.............18  @26
Superior to  fine.............30  ©40
F a ir ..................................18  @22
Choice...............................24  @28
!  B e st..................................40  @50

EN G LISH   B REA K FA ST.

TO BA CCO S.

F ine Cut.

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Ping.

___  84

28
31
4 »
33

o n ............
J a m .........
A f...........

!  Pails unless otherw ise noted.
I  H iaw atha  ....................  
60
34
!  Sweet  C uba!................  
24
!  M cG intv.......................  
54 b b ls .......... 
22
L ittle  D arling............. 
22
20
54 b b l.. 
20
!  1791................................. 
1891,  54  bbls.................. 
19
j  Valley  C ity..................  
33
Dandy Jim".................... 
27
T ornado.........................  
20
.. . .   84 1  55 Searhead.......................
40
....  84 155 J o k e r .............................
21
__   84 1  55 Zero.......................
. . . .   84 155 L. & W ...........................
....  84 155 H ere  Tt Is ......................
IlfllTfl ....  84 1  55 Old Style.......................
84 1  55 Old  Honesty................
Jolly T a r........................
Hiawatha, 
i Valley City
Jas. G.  Butler &  Co.’s  Brands.
354 
Som ething G ood...................... 38
5. 
S 
Toss  U p.......................................26
49b  1  Out of  S ig h t................................5B
Boss..........................................1254
Colonel's Choice...................13
W a rp a th ................................. 14
B a n n e r................................... 14
King Bee.............. .................. 20
Kiln  D ried..............................17
Nigger  H ead..........................23
Honey  Dew............................24
Gold  Block............................28
Peerless............. 
.................24
Rob  Roy........................  ........24
U ncle  Sam..............................28
Tom and J e rry ...................... 25
Brier Pipe............................... 30
Yum  Y u m ...............................32
Red Clover..............................32
N avy........................................ 32
H andm ade..............................40
Frog 
33
40 gr.

Smoking.

VINEGA R.

4«

65Á

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Sardines.
Trout.

kits, 10  lbs............ 
Russian,  kegs.......................  
No. 1, 54 bbls., lOOlbs...........  5  75
No.  1, kits. 10 lbs....................  90
No. 1,  54 bbls., lCfllbs.............7 00 j
No.  1, kits, 10 lb s....................  90
Fam ily,  54 bbls ,  100 lbs  ...  2  50 I
kits  10  lbs  ............  SO

Whitefisli.

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FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Jen n in g s’  I) C. 

2 oz folding box.
3 oz 
4  OZ 
6 oz 
8 oz 

i.emor
.1  00 
“
.1  50
“
...2 00
“ 
“
...3   00
“ 
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GUN  POWDER.
K e g s ..................... .
H alf  kegs.......................
Sage..................................
H ops.......... .....................
Chicago  goods..............

H E R B S.

JE L L Y .

.  3 00 
.1 5

@3

LAMP WICKS.

...

30
40
50

LICORICE.

... 
No. 
No. 1.................................... ... 
No. 2 ................................... ... 
P ure.................................... .....  30
C alabria............................. ....  25
....  18
Sicily................................
Condensed,  2  d oz........... ----1  25
....1   65 
No. 9  su lp h u r.................
...1   70
Anchor  parlor.................
. . . 1.10
Export  p arlo r.................. ....4  25

MATCHES.

LYE.

MINCE  MEAT

.___

sS S äar

3 or 6 doz.  in  case  per doz.. 1  00

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar h o u s e ........................
O rdinary ..............................
P rim e ....................................
Fancy ....................................
F a ir ........................................
G ood......................................
E xtra good...........................
Choice  ..................................
F a n c y ................-.................
O ne-half barrels, 3e extra

New Orleans.

OATMEAL.

Barrels  200.......................   @4 75
H alf barrels  109........................@2 65
ROLLED OATS.
B arrels  180.................... 
©   15
H alf  bbls 90....................  @2 65

PICKLES.
Medium.

Small.

Barrels, 1,200  co u n t............. $4  50
H alf  barrels, 600 count 
..  2  75 
Barrels, 2.400  c o u n t...........5  50
H alf barrels, 1,200 c o u n t...  3  25
Clay, No.  216.............................1 75
“  T. D.  full co u n t............  75
Cob, No.  3 ............................... 125

PIPES.

RICE.

Domestic.

“ 
“ 

Carolina h e a d .......................... 7
No.  1...........................6
No. 2 ..................  ©   5

Im ported.

B roken....................................
Jap an , No. 1............................. 65*
No. 2..............................554
J a v a .........................................   5
P atn a........................................  5

“ 

SAUERKRAUT.

Silver Thread, b b l.............  $3  50
54 b b l.........   2  00

“ 

K itch en ,3 doz.  In b o x .......   2 50
H and 
.......   2 50

3  “ 

SAFOLIO.

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S P IC E S .

W hole Sifted.

A llspice.................................... 18
Cassia, China iu m a ts.........  754
“  B atavia in bund — 15
Saigon in  ro lls.......... 35
“. 
Cloves,  A m boyna.................. 22
“ 
Z anzibar......................13
I  Mace  B atavia  ....................... 80

Yellow
Less than 100 lhs.  54c

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SNUFF.

STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb  boxes..................
40 lb 
..............
Gloss.
1-lb packages  ............
3-lb 
..............
6-lb
40 and 50 lb. boxes—
B arrels.........................
Scotch, In  bladders.............. 37
Maccaboy, in  ja rs ..................35
F rench Rappee, in  J a r s .......43
B o x es.........................................5)4
Kegs,  E nglish.......................... 41£
K egs..................................... 
154
G ranulated,  boxes................  1%
M ixed b ird ............ —   454®  6
Caraway....................................10
C an a ry .....................................   3M
H em p........................................ 4
Anise.......  
...............................13
R a p e .........................................  6
M ustard......... 

...................... •  754

SAL  SODA.

SEEDS.

SODA.

SALT

Diamond Crystal.

 
 

 
 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“  

“ 
“ 

W arsaw.

100 3-lb.  sacks.........................$2 16
2  23
60 5-lb 
2810-lb. sack s.....................   3  15
2  OO
2014-lb. 
24 3-lb  cases..........................  1 50
56 lb.  dairy in linen  b a g s.. 
50
281b. 
23
.. 
35
56 lb. dairy  in linen  b a g s.. 
It
28 lb. 
• 
56 lb. dairy  bags.................. 
75
56 lb. dairy  bags..................
56  lb.  sacks...........................
Saginaw and Manistee, 
Common F ine  per b bl.......
Pac ked 60 lbs. in box.
C hurch’s ..............................
D eLand’s ..............................
D w ight’s ................................
Taylor’s ..................................

Ashton.
Higgins.

Solar Rock.

SALERATUS.

3  30 
3  00

SYRUPS.
Cora

B arrels.............  ...........  
-■
H alf bbls................................
P ure Cane.
F a ir .........................................
Good 
......................................
Choice  ....................................
SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps................
Sugar  Cream s..............
Frosted  Cream s...........
G raham   C rackers.......
Oatmeal  Crackers —

854

TE A S.

ja pa n—Regular.

...........

@17 
F a ir .................
.  --------   @20
I  G ood................
1  Choice..............
@34
C hoicest.........
D ust 
.......... 10  @12
CURED.
SUN
.............  @17
F a ir ..................
G o o d ..............
. .’.'.". '.( '24  @26
Choice............
.............32  @34
Choicest.........
D u st............
...........10  @12
F a ir ..................................18  @20
Choice............................   @25
Choicest.........................  @35
E xtra choice, w ire leaf  @40 
Common to  fa ir............ 25  @35
E x tra fine to finest. . .  50  @65
Choicest fa n c y ..............75  @85

BASKET  FIRED.

GUNPOWDER.

OOLONG.

i Common to  fa ir............23  @26
i Superior to  fine............28  @30
I  F lue to choicest............45  @55

1 25

,11 fo r barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

Bulk, per gal  ...................... 
30
Beer m ug, 2 doz in c a s e ...  175 
l e a s t — Compressed. 
Ferm entum   per doz. cakes..  15 
“ 
per lb'  ................ 3u
P A P E R  Si W O O D K 8 W  AKE 
T he  G. R.  Paper  Co.  quotes  as 
follow s:
Straw 
R o ck falls...................................2
Rag su g ar...................................2
H a r d w a r e ......................................... 254
...................................... 254
Bakers 
Dry  Goods  ....................  554@8
Ju te  M anilla..................  @654
Red  E xpress  No. 1.................554
No. 2.................454

.......................................1)4

PAPER.

TWINES.

splint 

WOODENWABE.

Baskets, m ark et................... 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ willow el’ths, N o.l  5 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

48 C otton.................................  22
Cotton,  No. 1........................... 20
Sea  Island, assorted......   35
No. 5 H e m p ..............................15
No. 6  “ ..................................15
Tubs, No. 1...............................7  00
“  No. 2 ...............................6  00
“  No. 3 ...............................5 00
1  35
Palls, No.  1, two-hoop.. 
“  No.  1,  three hoop__   1  60
50
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes —  
Bowls.  11 in c h ........................  1 00
13  “ 
.................. 
 
 
..........................2 00
15  “ 
..........................2 75
17  “ 
assorted, 17s and  19s 2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
35
shipping  bushel..  1  2u
.. 1  30
fu ll  hoop  “ 
b u s h e l.................  1  50
75
“ 
No.2 6 28
“  
No.3 7  25
“ 
“ 
“  N o.l  3 60
No.2 4 25
“ 
1 
“ 
“ 
No.3 5 00
G R A IN S  a n il F E K D S T U F F 8  
WHEAT.
88 
No. 1  W hite (58 lb. test) 
No.  1  Red  (60 lb. test) 
88
B olted....................................   1  75
G ranulated...........................  2  00
...  5 00 
Straight, in   sack s.......
...  5  10 
“  barrels__
“ 
...  6  GO 
]  Patent 
“  sacks.......
...  6  10 
“  barrels...,
“ 
...  2 30 
G raham   “  s a c k s ....
...  2  65
Rye 
“ 
...J
MILLSTUFFS.
...  15  00 
I  B ran................................
...  12  00 
S creenings....................
...  20 OO 
M iddlings......................
...  23 00 
I  M ixed F e e d ..................
...  23 00
Coarse m eal..................
Car  lo ts.........................
Less than  car  lots —
Car  l o t s ......................
35
Less than car lo ts.......
HAY.
No.  1 Tim othy, car lots — 12  OO 
ton lots  ....... 13 00
1 No. 1 

FLOUB.

MEAL.

CORN.

OATS.

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14

THE  MICHIGAJN  TRADESMAN.

LIFE  BEHIND  THE  COUNTER. 

I

W ritten fo r The Tradesman

“It takes all kinds of peope to  make  a 
world”  is  a true  saying, not  only as  ap- I 
plied  to the world  in general,  but also as 
applied to  each  department  of life. 
It 
takes  all  kinds  of  people to preach  the 
gospel and it takes  all  kinds of people to | 
meet  the  requirements of a  life  behind I 
the counter. 
In  a  former  letter  under 
this head,  considerable  space was devot- | 
ed  to  show  that a  position  behind  the | 
counter was  the very  best  one in  which | 
to study human nature, because all kinds ! 
of  people  had  to be  handled and  dealt 
with.  Every  retailer  of  merchandise 
knows that it takes all kinds of people to 
make  a  world,  and  he  knows,  further­
more,  that there  are  more kinds  of  peo­
ple than  he  was  aware of before he  con­
secrated  himself  to  a  life  behind  the 
counter—but did he ever stop to consider 
that it  takes  all  kinds  of  merchants to 
wait upon  all  kinds of customers?

The  merchant  meets,  face  to face,  an 
infinite variety  of  people,  and  he  won­
ders  what  nine-tenths  of  them  were 
created  for.  Every  tenth  man  strikes 
the merchant favorably as being a pretty 
decent sort of a  fellow,  that is,  he bleeds 
easily and copiously,  and  acknowledges, 
by every act  and  deed,  his inferiority  to 
the  merchant,  whom he looks  up to as  a 
man of wonderful  parts. 
It  is  strange, 
but a fact,  nevertheless,  that if you  wish 
to palm yourself off  on  any certain  man 
as  a  pretty  nice  sort  of  a  fellow,  you 
must  succeed,  somehow,  in  making  him 
believe  that in  your estimation he is  the 
pink of perfection and  the  very embodi­
ment  of  wisdom,  while  you  are  only  a 
small sized fool  and nothing more.  You 
will never be reckoned among his choicest 
friends,  so  long as he believes  that  you 
can  read him like  an open book,  and  are 
acquainted  with  his  faults  and  weak­
nesses.  Neither will  he exhibit any ten­
der  regard  for  you  so long as  you  lead 
him  to  believe that  you,  yourself,  claim 
to be somebody and that you have  rights 
of your own,  which  even he is  bound  to 
respect.

We are  strongly  inclined  to  boast  of 
our American  nineteenth century  civili­
zation,  but  what  is  it,  after  all?  The 
Berkshire is an improvement on his slab- 
sided  and  long haired  predecessor,  in 
that  he  is  more  refined,  shorter-haired, 
better fed,  better housed, and more high­
ly cultured,  but he  is  a  bigger hog  than 
any of his  predecessors.  Gentle reader, 
don’t you  know that  it is  idle to  dream 
of the  year  of  jubilee  or  the  near  ap­
proach of the millennium so long as man 
remains nine parts  hog?

We  say  that  about  one-tentli  of  the 
merchant’s customers passes muster,  but 
the remaining  nine-tenths  represent,  in 
the merchant’s estimation,  an endless ar­
ray  of freaks  of  nature  from  a “b flat” 
all  the way  up to a dogmatic crank.  But 
the man  behind the counter  forgets that 
his rival  across the street also belongs to 
the great biped  swine family and that he, 
also,has his favorite customers who have 
ridden  into  his good  graces through  the 
same  avenues of  vanity  and  selfishness 
that the favorites of merchant No.l passed 
through—the only  difference  being  that 
a favorite of No.  1  is  considered  a  freak 
by  No. 2, and vice versa.

We repeat that it takes all kinds of mer­
chants to meet the requirements of a life 
behind the counter,  for the simple reason 
that  there are all  kinds  of people  to  be 
supplied  with  merchandise.  We  often

hear a merchant say that he has ail kinds 
of  people  to  deal  with, but  this is  not 
literally true,  for there  are some  people 
who would not patronize him  if they had 
to  tramp to  the next  town to  get  their 
supplies. 
It  is  a  figurative  expression 
and simply means  that the merchant has 
a  great  many  kinds  of  people to  deal 
with  and  that the  number of  kinds  de­
pends  upon  the merchant’s  popularity. 
The merchant  who is  vain enough to  im­
agine  that he can  please everybody  and 
bring all  kinds of  people into his  store, 
has lived  in  vain—that  is,  he  has  been 
drifting  down the  stream of  time with­
out having  observed  the  nature  of  the 
country he has passed through.

They  say  “prices  count.”  That  is 
true.  “Money makes the mare go,”  and, 
beyond a  doubt,  if  the  devil could  suc­
ceed in convincing  the average customer 
that ten cents might be  saved  by trading 
with him,  the  customer  would go to  the 
devil  for  the  sake  of  saving  that  ten 
cents.  But as no  one merchant can  un­
dersell all  of his  competitors and,  even 
if  he  could,  it  would be  impossible,  in 
these days  of circus  advertising, to  con­
vince the general public  of the fact—the 
“prices  count”  style  of  advertising  is 
taken by a gullible  public  with  several 
good-sized  grains  of  allowance and  the 
whole business settles  down  into a  little 
matter of blind faith; and you, and I, and 
everybody  else, do our  trading with  the 
merchant we like  best,  and it would  be  a 
difficult  thing  to  make  us believe  that 
some  other  merchant,  whom  we do  not 
like,  would sell goods to us  any cheaper.
I  have  often  asked  myself  the ques­
tion,  “ Why  do  I  buy  my  groceries  of 
McFinnegan,  when  there  are  cleaner, 
more  complete  and  better  kept  stocks 
nearer home?”  I  certainly  cannot  give 
an  intelligent  reason  for  doing  so. 
I 
recognize the existence of a kind  of ani­
mal affinity which  attracts me  to McFin- 
negan’s little  grocery and I  buy my gro­
ceries  there  because  I  prefer  to; but  I 
can  give  no  intelligent  reason  for  my 
preference.

Behind  the  counter may  be found  all 
kinds  of  people,  from  the  aristocratic 
and  professional  druggist  down  to  the 
vendor of  peanuts;  from  the  pale, deli­
cate dry goods  salesman  to the hale  fel­
low well  met who  sports a  white  apron 
and cuts  off our  steaks  and  our  roasts 
when we are  flush and deals out liver  to 
us when  we  are  dead  broke.  Not  only 
do we find  all kinds of people behind the 
counter  generally,  but  in  each  depart­
ment  or  branch  of  counter life  can  be 
found  the  same  endless  variety.  See 
what a variety of varying styles and con­
flicting  make-ups  can  be  found  among 
the  druggists, 
shoemen,  grocers  and 
meatmen of our own  city;  and the  same 
may  be  said of  all  other leading  lines. 
“Birds of a  feather  flock together,”  and 
if you  want to know  what kind  of a man 
any  certain  grocer 
is,  in  any  country 
village,  just  take  an  inventory  of  the 
crowd which  hangs out  around that gro­
cer’s ranch.  Every  man  in  the  village 
has his favorite grocer,  in  whose store he 
spends  a  large  portion  of  his  winter 
evenings in  company  with  several others 
who are similarly attached.  There is an 
affinity in  common  among the  members 
of  the  grocery 
loungers  and  between 
each one of them  and the  grocer; conse­
quently,  there  is  a  sort  of  fraternal or 
brotherly feeling  among them,  and  they 
while  away  the  long  winter  evenings 
very pleasantly,  and not altogether with-1

out profit,  as all the leading topics of the 
day  are  discussed  and  opinions 
inter­
changed. 
If any  member of the regular 
lounger’s club of any one grocery  should 
wander within  the fold  of the  lounger’s 
club of any other  grocery,  he would not 
remain  long,  for  he  would  not  feel  at 
home.  He  would  go  away  wondering 
how any  sane  man could trade with such 
an  old  crank,  especially  when  he  kept 
such a gang of idiots hanging around the 
store.

Of course,  the  crankier the  merchant, 
the more  cranky  and  exclusive will  the 
loungers  be,  and  the  more  liberal  and 
popular the  merchant,  the  more  liberal 
and popular  will the  crowd be who  pat­
ronize  him.  Let  any  man  walk  the 
length of any one of our  principal  busi­
ness streets,  and  enquire  of  every  man 
he  meets  as  to  what grocer  keeps  the 
best and  freshest stock of  groceries and 
sells  them  the  cheapest,  and the  result 
will be that every grocer  on all  the busi­
ness streets of the city,  and many subur­
ban grocers,  will  be named and given the 
preference.  Some one  grocer would,  no 
doubt,  receive a larger number of recom­
mendations  than  many  others,  which 
would only  show  that  the  enquirer had 
found  more  people  who  preferred  the 
general  make-up of this grocer to that of 
any other; and,  if  carefully  analyzed,  it 
would  be  found to  shed no  light what­
ever on the  desired information. 
If  the 
enquirer had  asked this question,  “Who 
is the best fellow  engaged in the grocery- 
business in  this  city?” the  result  would 
have been the same,  showing that it takes 
all  kinds of  people to  sell  merchandise 
to all  kinds of people. 

E. A.  O w e n .

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DEALERS IN

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An article of  absolute merit.

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opposite  condition  is  likely  to  prevail 
this  season;  that  a  supply  equal  to  or 
possibly exceeding 7,000,000 hogs for  the 
winter  packing  may  be  expected,  com­
pared with  last year’s 8,175,000;  that un­
less  the  weather  conditions  seriously 
interfere  with  fattening  operations  the 
average  weight will  be increased  possi­
bly  five  per  cent.; that stocks  of meats 
and lard  will  be smaller  than  at the  be­
ginning  of last  winter,  and  within con­
venient  limits  not  prejudicial  to  fair­
ly active  operations of  packers,  hence  a 
demaud for hogs  which  will  lead to con­
siderably  higher  prices  than  last year; 
that about  $4.50 per 100 pounds  for hogs 
in  western  markets  is  likely to  be  rea­
lized,  and  that  for  the  coming year  the 
prices of hogs will  be at a premium over 
values  of  corn  calculated  to  stimulate 
revival  of interest  in the  hog-producing 
industry.”

Interesting Notes from a Live Town.
Ot se g o ,  Oct.  24—Knowing  that  items 
from  such a hustling town as  this are  of 
interest to  all and that it  should  be rep­
resented in  the columns of your valuable 
paper,1 take the liberty of submitting the 
following  commercial  and  manufactur­
ing notes:
The Bardeen Paper  Co.  has  completed 
its  large  building,  Mill  No.  2,  and  is 
placing the  machinery  in  position,  with 
the  calculations  of  starting  up the  first 
of next month.
The new Truesdale block is nearly com­
pleted  and  will  be  occupied  by  Chas. 
Strutz  with  a full  line of groceries.  M. 
O.  Brockway  will  place a  full  stock  of 
groceries in the  building Mr.  Strutz now 
occupies.
Sam.  Folz,  of  Kalamazoo,  has  opened 
a  branch clothing store in  the  Cushman 
block,  with Ed.  Rose as manager.
Representative John Kolvoord,  of Ham­
ilton,  has  rented the  building lately  oc­
cupied  by the  C.  D.  Stuart Chair Co.  and 
has  placed a  planing  mill  therein.  He 
is  intending  to  build  in the  spring,  as 
the  location he  now  occupies  will then 
be utilized  by  the  Bardeen Paper Co.  on 
which to build another paper mill.  This 
is to be  Mill No.  8.  No.  4  will be  built 
on the race bank near the dam.
A flour and feed store will be opened  in 
Sherwood’s building run  by O. T. Shears.
The  new  Union  block  will  be  ready 
for occupancy in  about three weeks.  Mr. 
Woodbeck has  purchased a new cylinder 
press  and  other  betterments  and  pro­
poses  to  make  the  Union the  equal  of 
any  weekly paper in the State.
There  are  now  about  100  houses  in 
process of  construction,  among them be­
ing  one  built  by N.  W.  Mills,  to  be 80x 
100  feet  in  dimensions,  which  will  be 
used  as a  tenement  house,  divided  into 
five complete tenements.  P.  Y.  Ca sk.

What Next?

A gentleman  overtook a  well-dressed 
yong man and invited him  to  a  seat  in 
his carriage.
“What,”  said  the  gentleman  to  the 
young stranger,  “are your plans for  the 
future?”
“I am a clerk,”  replied the young man, 
“and my hope is to succeed and get  into 
business for myself.”
“And what next?”  said the gentleman.
“Why,  1 intend to marry and set up an 
the 

establishment  of  my  own,” 
youth.

cumulate wealth.”

“And what next?”
“Why, to continue in business and  ac­
“And what next?”
“It is the lot of  all  to  die,  and  I,  of 
course,  cannot escape,” replied the young 
man.
“And what next?” once more asked the 
gentleman.
But the young man had  no  answer  to 
make; he  had  no  purpose  that  reached 
life.  How  many 
beyond  the  present 
young men are in precisely the same con­
dition?

said 

A Few Hints About Credit.

J. M. Batchelor, in Dry Goods Bulletin.

involved. 

Whom  to  trust  and  whom  to  decline 
that  favor  is  a  trying  problem  to  the 
average  retailer,  so  many  are  the  con­
flicting  circumstances 
The 
test  of  time  is  the  prevailing  method. 
When  a  customer  has  proven  himself 
worthy  of credit  for  a  long  period,  he 
rarely has difficulty  in  obtaining it.  At 
the  same  time,  credit  earned  in 
this 
way may  not  be  continued indefinitely; 
many  other  circumstances  should  be 
taken  into  consideration.  But  there  is 
one  chai’acteristic  to  be  sought  for  in 
such customers more than aught else, and 
that  is  an  honest  disposition. 
In  the 
long  run,  where  this  honesty  is  estab­
lished  beyond  question,  it  will  outlast 
riches,  and  cause the retailer fewer loss­
es.
Too commonly,credit,  even of the most 
extended  variety,  is  given  to  those  who 
have  the  appearance  of  being  well  off, 
without  any  heed  being  given  to  their 
honesty.  The  fact  that  they  display 
property,  or  are reputed  to be  responsi­
ble, seems  to  satisfy  the  average  store­
keeper,  whatever  may  be the  customer’s 
shortcomings  in  his  moral  disposition. 
Reasoning in  this way  is an  error;  it  is 
safer to lend an  honest  man with  $1,000 
capital,  than  a  dishonest  man  with  a 
hundred fold that sum.  This is no opin­
ion,  but  the  experience  of  ages  and 
of all countries,  yet  it  is  altogether  too 
little observed.  Show of property seems 
to  pass  all  else as  a  criterion  of  judg­
ment.
Jobbers are beginning  to recognize the 
existence  of a new class in this  country, 
who systematically go  to work to “earn a 
credit” by  a record of  prompt payments, 
then take  advantage  of  it  and  swindle 
the  creditor,  either  by  settling  for  five 
cents  on the dolllar, burning  up  for  the 
insurance,or quitting for parts unknown, 
leaving an empty store or valueless stock 
behind. 
It seems as  if these  sharks  are 
annually becoming more numerous,much 
to  the  distress  of  honest  storekeepers 
who cannot compete against that class of 
business. 
It  is  a  well-established  fact 
that  professional  swindlers,  who  feed 
upon  the  credit  established  by  honest 
people,  and who enter  business with  in­
tent  to  defraud at  the  first  convenient 
opportunity,  are  becoming  painfully 
numerous,  their  practice  being to  swin­
dle  one  community,  then  change  their 
names,  and  locate  for  the same  purpose 
elsewhere.  Even our two large mercan­
tile  agencies  are total  failures in ferret­
ing out and exposing  this  class of crimi­
nals—a  class  which  does  more  toward 
demoralizing  the  honesty of a communi­
ty than  aught else.  These scamps are get­
ting as  numerous  among  the  buyers of 
retail  stores  as  among  wholesale,  and 
however  much  property  they  display, 
the  retailer  will  be  wise in  invariably 
selling  to  them  C.  O.  D. 
It  is  easy 
enough to mark  these swindlers,  so  long 
as  the  storekeeper  does  not  allow  the 
show of property to dazzle his judgment; 
and we make the  prediction that the day 
is not distant when  honest  storekeepers 
will combine for  self-preservation  in  the 
particular pointed out.

The Coming Supply of Hogs.

The Cincinnati Price Current says that 
“Calculations in regard to the future sup­
ply of hogs for marketing are to be taken 
with considerable margin  for  iutiuences 
not in  sight  or  not  fully  recognized  at 
time  of  making  estimates; nevertheless, 
it is interesting and  instructive to prose­
cute investigations in these matters.  An 
impending  decrease  in the  corn  supply 
usually  enlarges  the marketing of  hogs 
as an  early  effect.  For  twelve  months 
ending  October  31,  1891,  the  western 
packing will aggregate about  14,500,000. 
For the  preceding year the total was 16,- 
200,000,  and for five years previously  the 
annual  average was  slightly  under  12,- 
000,000—the  largest yearly  number dur­
ing this  period being about  1,000,000  in 
excess of the smallest  number,  so that  a 
comparatively uniform supply was main­
tained.  Taking 
into  consideration  all 
the  bearings,  we  reach  the  conclusion 
that the basis of  supply of hogs is  mod­
erately  but  not  greatly  below  what  it 
was  last  year;  that  against last  year’s 
tendency  to  hasten  the  marketing  the

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“

“Dot boy of mine isn’t going to  make  a 
goot business man,”  said Mr.  Beckstein. 
“Yesterday I  told  him  I  was  going  to 
leave all my  broberty to him ven I  died, 
und  vat you s’pose he  say  to  dot?”  “I 
don’t  know,  Mr.  Beckstein.”  “Veil,  he 
say he  vill throw off five per cent,  for shot 
cash.”

*The Tradesman Company,

Grand  Rapids.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

T h e  B o o k -k e e p e r's   D re a m .

repose.

The day had w earily w orn to its close.
A nd  n ight  had  come  dow n  w ith 
its  needed 
As a boos keeper w ended his way from  the store, 
G lad th at his tiresom e hours w ere o’er.
T he night w as cheerless, dism al and dam p,
And the flickering flame of  the dim   street  lam p 
W ent out in  the w ild, rough gusts th at beat 
W ith furious speed through the gloomy street.
Tired and cold, w ith pain-throbbing head.
He sank to repose in his lonely  bed;
Still through his  brain, as the book keeper slep*, 
Visions o f Debtor and Creditor crept.
The great Balance Sheet he had finished th a t day, 
And Profit and  Loss in  the usual way 
Showed  how  much  money  the  m erchant  had 
Or lost in the preceding tw elve-m onths'  trade.
.  And he dream ed that night th a t an angel came 

made

date,

paid.

spare

h e a lth ;
w ealth :

W ith  the Ledger of  Life; and  against his  name 
W ere  charges  till  theie  was  no  more  room  to 
A nd  nothing w hatever was credited there.
There were  life and  its  blessings,  as  intellect 
T here  w ere  charges  of  time,  opportunities 
».Of talents for good, of  friendship the best,
Of  nourishm ent, joys, affection and rest.
And hundreds of otiiers, and  each  one as great 
All w ith  interest accrued from  the tim e ot  their 
T ill,  d e s p a irin g  o f e ’e r b e in g  ab le   to  pay.
T h e   bo o k -k eep er sh ra n k  fro m  th e  an g el  aw ay .
B ut the angel declared th a t the account m ust be 
And protested it could not be longer delayed 
The book-keeper ►ighed and  began  to deplore 
How meagre the treasure he laid up in store.
He’d cheerfully render all he had acquired,
And  his  note  on  dem and  for  the  balance  re ­
Then quickly the angel took  paper and  wrote 
The follow ing as an acceptable note:
“On  dem and,  w ithout  grace,  from  the  close  of 
For value received. I promise to pay 
To Him  who has kept me. and  everyw here 
Has guarded my soul w ith  infinite care.
“ W hose blessings  outnum ber  the  drops  of  the 
W hile living the sum  of my heart's best devotion 
In w itness w hereof, to  be seen of all m en, 
’ 
1  affix the g reat seal of the soul’s ‘A m en.’ ’’
T he book-keeper added his nam e to the note 
W hile  the  angel  across  the  great  ledger  page 
In  letters as crimson as hum an gore,
“Settled in fu ll,”  and w as seen  no more.

quired,

to-day,

ocean

w rote

—The Book keeper.

Ginseng- in Commerce.

J. Jones Bell, M. A., In Popular Science Monthly.

It  is  curious  that,  after  the  lapse of 
over a century  and  a half,  the  old  Can­
adian  industry of  gathering,  drying and 
exporting  ginseng  should  be  revived. 
This  root  was  one  of  the  first  articles 
exported  from Canada  after  the  Treaty 
of Utrecht, and for a time was considered 
hardly  less important  than  fur.  The re­
vival  of  the  industry is  due  to  the  de­
mand  for  ginseng  among  Chinese,  who 
have become  no  inconsiderable  element 
in  the  population of  the  United  States, 
whither the  most,  if  not  all, of  what  is 
now exported finds its  way.
The  ginseng of  commerce is the fleshy 
root of  a perennial  herb,  formerly called 
Panax  quinqucfolium,  but  now  placed 
among  the  dicotyledonous  Araliacece. 
The Chinese  ginseng is probably derived 
from  another species of  the same genus. 
It is a native of  the middle and  northern 
states and of  Canada,  but it  is found far 
south  on  the  mountains. 
It  grows  in 
rich  soil,  in  shaded  situations,  and  has 
a  fleshy root  from  four  to  nine  inches 
long,  which  throws  up  a  single  stein 
about  a  foot  high,  bearing  at  the  top 
three long, petioled  leaves, each of which 
has  five divisions.  The  stem terminates 
in  a small  umbel of inconspicuous green­
ish-white  flowers,  which  are  succeeded 
by  a  small  berry-like red  fruit. 
It  has 
a peculiar and rather pleasant smell, and 
a  sweet,  somewhat  pungent,  aromatic 
taste.  According  to  the  Chinese,  the 
root strengthens the  body,  checks vomit­
ing,  removes  hypochondriasis  and  other 
nervous  affections, gives a vigorous  tone I 
to the  system, even  in old  age,  and  is,  in 
short,  a panacea  for all  the ills to which 
flesh  is  heir.  European  and  American 
doctors consider  it  almost worthless as a I 
remedy,  though it is sometimes used  as a 
domestic medicine  in  the  states west of 
the Alleghanies.  Panax fructicosus and j 
Panax  coehleatus,  plants somewhat akin 
to ginseng,  are fragrant  aromatics  which | 
grow in  the  Moluccas,  and  are  used  by ! 
the native  practitioners of  India.  With

f a it h   in   its  b e n e i’c ia l 
s u c h   u n b o u n d e d  
effect both on  body and mind,  what won­
der that the discovery that stores of  gin­
seng are yet to be found in Canada should 
have  created a demand  among the celes­
tial  population  on  this  continent,  and 
that the  industry of  digging and prepar­
ing  it  for  market should  have assumed 
very considerable proportions.
As already stated,  the trade in ginseng 
is a revival of  one that formerly existed. 
In  the  autumn  of  1716,  Pere  Joseph 
Francois Lafitau, a Jesuit father who had 
arrived  in  the  country in  1712,  and  was 
stationed  at  the  Sauit,  above  Montreal, 
discovered  the  plant.  He  had  been  in 
Quebec  in  1715,  and  there saw a letter of 
Pere  Jaitoux,  who  had  seen  ginseng in 
Tartary in  1700,  and  who gave a descrip­
tion  of  it.  Lafitau  enquired  about  it 
from  the  Indians,  and  examined  the 
country  to  find  it.  At  this  time it was 
worth  its weight  in  gold  at  Pekin.  A 
company  was  formed  to  export 
it  to 
China,  Japan  and Tartary.  The price at 
Quebec was  from  thirty to  forty sous or 
cents  per  pound.  At  first  anyone  was 
allowed  to  sell  it,  but  as  its  value in­
creased  the  company exercised  its  mon­
opoly  rights,  and  in  1751  undertook  to 
exclude  all  others  from  the  trade.  As 
incieased,  the  care  with 
the  demand 
which  it  was  obtained and  prepared  re­
laxed. 
It  was  gathered  out  of  season, 
and 
imperfectly  dried  in  stove  ovens. 
Even in  this  State it brought twenty-five 
livres  per  pound. 
In  1752  ginseng  of 
tliis character  to  the value of  five  hun­
dred  thousand  livres was  exported. 
In 
1754  the  value of  the export  had  falleu 
to thirty-three thousand livres.  A quan­
tity sent to La Rochelle remained  unsold, 
but finally found  its  way to China, where 
its 
inferior  quality gave  the  Canadian 
article a bad  reputation;  the demand  fell 
off,  and  the  export  ceased.  When  the 
trade was at its  height it was  considered 
more  profitable  to  gather  ginseng  than 
to  cultivate  the  farm,  and  agriculture 
was  almost  entirely  neglected. 
The 
result was that the  plant almost entirely 
disappeared. 
It  came  to  be  a  proverb 
among  the  people,  when  speaking  of 
some matter that haOailed,  “C’est tomhe 
com me le ginseng.”
The  revival  of  the  trade  has  caused 
great activity in  the search  for the plant 
throughout theeountry back of Kiugston, 
where it is said  to  abound.  The  profits 
on  it are  stated  to be 400  per  cent.,  and 
one druggist  cleared  three thousand dol­
lars  in one deal.  The average wholesale 
price is one  dollar per  pound,  the  retail 
price  five  dollars. 
If the trade  is  to  be 
preserved,  care will  have  to  be  taken  to 
prepare the root properly and  not  dig it 
indiscriminately,  as  the  root  does  not 
reach  any  great  size in one  season,  but 
takes years to develop. 
In  the desire to 
participate  in  the  profits  of  the  trade, 
some  curious  mistakes  have been made. 
One man,  who thought he had a rich find 
in  Manitoba,  discovered,  after  buying 
several  tons,  that  he  had  not the  right 
article.  Many  have  confused  gentian 
with  giuseng.  and,  on testing the  root of 
the  former,  have  wondered  why  the 
Chinese were so fond  of the latter.
The  Chinese  word  gen-seng,  and  the 
Iroquois  word  garentoquen,  the  Iudiau 
name of  the  plant,  both  mean  “a man’s 
thigh,”  and  have doubtless been  applied 
because  of  a  supposed  resemblance  of 
the root to that  part of  the human  body. 
This coincidence Pere  Lafitau  could  not 
consider fortuitous, and  upon it he based 
an  argument that America had once been 
joined to  Asia,  and  that the  Indian pop­
ulation of the former had originally come 
Ifrom  the  latter  before  the  continents 
were severed at Behring Strait.

The Tyranny of Trades Unions.

Miss  Nordhoff,  daughter  of  Charles 
Nordhoff,  the  well - known  writer  of 
Washington,  has  succeeded  in  learning 
the  book-binder’s trade in spite of  many 
obstacles.  She  first  attempted  to  learn 
in England,  but,  as she did  not  belong to 
a trades  union,  could not  be admitted  to 
the fellowship;  and  in  America the same 
difficulty  was  in  the  way of  her success.
Old farmer tending threshing machiue, 
to aplicant  for  a  job—‘‘Ever  done  any 
thrashing?”  Applicant,  modestly—“I am 
the father of seventeen children,  sir.”

M i c h i g a n  P Te n t i m t ,

“ The Niagara Falls Route.”

DEPART.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express....................................  6  30 a ro  10:00 p m
Mixed  ....................................................0:40am  4:30  pm
Day  Express........................................  1 -20 p m  10.00 a m
•Atlantic & Pacific Express..............1115 pm  
6:00 a m
New York Express...............................5:40 p m  12:40 p m

trains to and from Detroit.
Express to  and  from  Detroit.

•Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping' cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
Parlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
Fred M. Briggs, Gen'l Agent, 85 Monroe St.
G. S. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W.Ruggle8,G. P.  &  T. Agent., Chicago.

TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

tNo.  14 tN o.  16 tN o.  18 *No.  28
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7 45am
12 37am 
8 2-am
1 55am 
9 15am 
3 15am
11 05am 
11 55am 
11  10am
3 05pm
10 57am
11 5  am

I  29am
II  25am 
12 17am
1 20pm 
3 10pm 
3 45pm 
3 40pm 
6 00pm
3 05pm
4 05pm

3 45pm
4 52pm
5 40pm
6 4npm
8 45pm
9 35pm 
8 0C pm
10 30pm
8 55pm
9 50pm

5 40am 
7 35am 
5 50am 
7  Oam

WB8TWABD.

*No. 81 tN o. 11 tN o. 13 tN o. 16
7 05am
10 30pm
8 50am
11 30pm 
6 45am

1  00pm
2  15pm

5  10pm
6  16pm 
6  45am 
6 00am

T rains  Leave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
I o n ia .............Ar
St.  Johns  ...A r
Owosso  ___ Ar
E.  Saginaw  Ar 
Bay City  — Ar
F l i n t ............ Ar
Pt.  H u ro n ...A r
P o n tia c .........Ar
D etroit...........A r

T rains Leave
G’d Rapids,  Lv 
G’d  H aven,  Ar 
M ilw’keeS tr  “ 
Chicago Str.  “

'Daily. 

tD aily except Sunday.

T rains arive from  the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 p  m 
5:00 p. m. and 10:25 p. m.
T rains  arrive  from   the west, 6:45 a.  m .,  J0:10 
a. m  , 3:35 p.m. and 9:50 p. m.
Eastw ard—No.  14  has  W agner  P a rltr  Buffet 
can  No.  18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 W agner  Sleeper.
W estward — No.  81  W agner  Sleeper.  No.  li 
Chair Car.  No. 15 W agner Parlor Buffetcar.
J ohn W. Lo u d, Traffic Manager.
B en F letcher, Trav.  Pass. Agent.
J as.  Ca m pbell, City Ticket Agent.

CHICAGO 

23 M onroe Street.
SEPT-6-1891-
&  WEST  MICHIGAN  RY.

DEPART FOR

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In d ia n ap o lis...........
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T raverse  City.
M uskegon..................
M anistee  ................
(a ld in g to n ....................
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.V/Vf  go.  No extra charge for seats.
1  PC  P  M.  runs  through to C h id  go  solid 
l  w   w ith W agner buffet car;  sea s  50 cts. 
f C .1 7 ’  P.  M. has  through free  ch air  car  to 
«a .A   I  M anistee,  via M.  & N. E.  R. R.

t7:25

1  1  .Q K   P. M.  is solid  train  w ith W agner pal 
ace sleeping  car  through to Chicago
1  l  
and sleeper  to  Indianapolis via B en­
ton Harbor.

DETROIT,

JUNE  21,  1891.
Lansing & Northern R R

deposit  fob

A. M. P. M. P.
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D etroit....................................
L ansing................
H ow ell....................
Low ell........................
A lm a......................
St.  Louis  .................
Saginaw   C ity...........................
1 »  i l l   I  , 
1 *00 p’ 
6*9<=i  ,p -  M- ru n s  through to D etroit  w ith  par 
• a i v   troit.  Seats, 25 cents.

•‘-'«A  lor  car, seats  25  cents.

vuiuugu  iu jje tro n  w itn par

Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De- 

lor car;  seats 25  cents.

7 * 0 ^ 1  
^   has parlor  car  to  Saginaw, seats
•  • 
F or  tiekets  and  inform ation  apply  at  Union 
Union station.

Ticket Office, 67 M onroe  street, or 
________  
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„„„„„
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35 cents.

R a ilw a y .

In  connection  w ith  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
N orthern or D etroit, G rand H aven & M iiw auk  e 
offers  a  route  m aking  the  best  tim e  betw e  i 
G rand Rapids and Toledo.

VtA 

L. A N.

bv.  Gran <l Rapids a t .......7:25 a. m. and 6:25 p.  m.
Ar. Toledo a t ..................1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.

VIA D .,  G.  H. ft M.

Lv. G rand Rapids a t ....... 6:50 a. m. and 3:45 p. m
Ar. Toledo a t ..................1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.

R eturn connections equally as good.

W.  H.  Bennett, G eneral Pass. A gent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

G r a n d   R a p id s  8s  In d ia n a .
Schedule In effect  September 10,1801. 

trains  going  north.

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
7:05  a m 
11 :S0  a ra
4:30  p m
10:30pm
Train  arriving at 9:20  dally;  all  other  trains  daily 

For Saginaw &  Traverse  C ity..  5:15 a m 
For Traverse City *  Mackinaw  9:20 a m 
For Baginaw  and  Cadillac.........  2:15 p m 
For  Petoskey & Mackinaw.......   8:50pm 
except Sunday.

South. 

trains  going  so u th.

_  

North. 

Arrive from  Leave going
South.
7:00  am
10:30  am
2:00  p m
6:00  pm
11 -.05 p m
Trains leaving at 6:00 p. m. and 11:05 p. m. run daily; 

_  
For  Cincinnati.............................   6:20 am  
For Kalamazoo and  C hicago... 
For Fort Wayne and the  East..  11:50 a m 
For  Cincinnati..............................  6:30 pm  
For  Chicago...................................  10  40 p m  
From Saginaw...............................10:40 p m
all other trains daily except Sunday.

M u s k e g o n , G ran d   R a p id s  & I n d ia n a .

For Muskegon—Leave. 

From Muskegon—Arri ve.

11:25 a m 
5:40 pm

10:10 a m
4:65 p m 
9:00 pm

SLEEPING  &  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE.

N O R T H —7 :0 5   a m   t r a i n . -  Parlor chair car  G’d 
Rapids to Travers©  Oifcy.
1 1 : 3 0   a  m  t r a in .—Parlor chair car  G’d 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
1 0 : 3 0   p   m   t r a in .—Sleeping:  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw. 
S O U T H —7 : 0 0  a m  t r a in .—Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
1 0 : 3 0   a m   t r a in .—W agner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6 : 0 0   p  m   t r a in .—Wagmer Sleeping  Car 
Grand  Rapids to Cincinnati.
11 ?05  p  m  t r a in .—Wagner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

C h ic a g o  v i a  G .  R .  &  I.  R .  R .

10:30a m  
3:55 p m  

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

1105 pm
6:50am
10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
11:05 p m train dally, through Wagner  Sleeping Car. 
10:10pm
5:15  am
3:10  p  m  through  Wagner  Parlor  Car.  10-10  p  m 

3:10pm  
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
8 50pm  
train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.

2:00pm 
9:00 pm  

7:05am 
2:15 p m  

Through tickets and full information  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almquist,  ticket  agent  at  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids. Mich.
______________ General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

C. L. LOCKWOOD.

Grand  Rapids  Electrotype  Co.,

-AND-

THE  GREAT

6   a n d   8   E r ie   S t.,  G R A N D   R A P I D S .

Stereotypebs
EDMUND B.DIKEMEN
Watch  Maker

44  CANAL  8Y„

ka; Jeweler,
-  fiieli.
Grand Rapids 
WANTED.

e r i
Sej

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

I f  y o n   h a v e   a n y   o f  th e   a b o v e   g o o d s  to  
• h ip ,  o r   a n y th in g   In  th e   P ro d u c e   lin e ,  le t 
a s   n e a r   fro m   y o u .  L ib e ra l  c a s h   a d v a n c e s  
m a d e   w h e n   d e s ire d .

E ARL   BROS.,

Co m m issio n M e r c h a n t s
R eference:  F ib b t  N a t io n a l  Ba n k,  Ohioago. 
Mic h ig a n  T k 4db8m an. Grand Rapid*.

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Improved  Flue  Scraper.

T H E   B E S T   « X   T H E   M  X K K ET.

HESTER  &  FOX,  Sole  Agents,  Grand  fiapids,  Mich.

M O SELEY  BROS.,

-   WHOLESALE -

Fruits  Seeds,  Beans  and  ProddGe.'

26, 28, 30 & 32  TTAWA  ST,

OreirLci  IRa/picis,  Is/LIgIol

W   H.  D O W N S,

JOBBER  OF

8   So.  Ionia  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

Notions  &  Fancy  Goods.
To Healers in Wall

I  have just  received a fresh invoice of  Ribbons, on which  I am prepared to make nnnsnally close prices.

!
Our  representative  will  call  on  you 
soon  with  a  complete line of  Wall Pa­
pers  at  Manufacturers9  Prices•  Wait 
until  you see  our line as  we  can  save 
you  money•

m

I M radkj*! and  Saturday’s  Detroit  Evening News 

far further  Particulars.

$ 1 0 0  G IV E N   AW AY

T o   t h e   S m o k e r s   o f  t h e

PRINCE  RUDOLPH  CIGARS.

T*  the  parnon  guessing  the  Dearest  to  the  number  of  Im ps th a t will 
appear In a series of cuts in the  Evening  News,  cuts  not  to  exceed  100, 
l i t  Cash  Prize, $60;  2d,  $25:  3d,  15;  4th.  $10.  Guess slips to be had with 
every 26c.  worth of  PRINCE  RUDOLPH  CIGARS  8old  Everywhere. 
Up to date there has been  published 23 cuts, with a total of  3 0 3   Imps.

DANIEL LYNCH, Grand Rapids, Mich.,  Wholesale  Agt.

A i L B X .   Q O H D O N ,  

D e t r o i t ,   M l o t i .

MaNuraoTuncB  ev

ANYTHING

That will  help  a man  in  his business ought to be 
of  vital  importance to  him.  Many  a successful  mer­
chant has found  when

T O O   LATE, 

That  he  has  allowed  his money to  leak  away.

-Money - Won’t take  Gare  of Itself.

And  the  quicker you  tumble to  the fact  that the  old way of 
keeping it  is  n o t  good  enough ,  the  more of  it  you 
will  have to count up.

If  you  wish  to stop  all the  leaks  incident to the  mercan­

tile  business,  adopt one of the

{ T o u  p o p   g

y s t e p is

Manufactured  in  our  establishment—“ Tradesman,”  “ Super­
ior ”  or “ Universal ”—and  put  your business  on  a cash  basis.

F o r  S a m p le s a n d   P r ic e   L ist,  a d d re s s

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY

G R A N D   R A P I D S ,  M I C H .

Holts  Wanted 1

l   want  500 to  1,000  cords of  Poplar  Excel­

sior  Bolts,  18,  36 and  54  inches long.

I  also  want  Basswood  Bolts, same  lengths 

«« above.  For particulars address

J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.

HARVEY &
Monroe, Ottawa and Fountain Sts.,
Delectable!

Grand Rapids, Mich.

We have  made  arrangements  ^hereby we have  secured  the exclu­
sive sale in Michigan of the famous

Cherrystone Oysters

which have never before been sold in the State.  On account of their 
superior  quality  and  delicious  flavor  they  were,  heretofore, 
invariably  eaten by epicures in the  East,  but we, ever on the  alert 
to place tile best  before our patrons, beg to assure them that when 
they  buy  the  P.  &  B.  brand  they will  get  genuine  Cherrystone 
Oysters, everywhere  in  the East  considered to be “par excellence.” 
Positively the fattest,  plumpest,  sweetest, most  tempting  article of 
its  kind to be obtained  anywhere.  Order  P. &  B.s  through  any 
Grand Rapids jobber or of  us direct.
THE PUTNAM CANDY CO.

Wall  Paper  and  Window  Shades.
N E L S O N   B R O S .   &   C O .,

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

68  MONROE  STREET.

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS!
1-GHRI8
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You  can  s a v e   freight,  time  and  money by 
buying  at  home.  A i l   commands 
e s t e e m e d .

1

Order Early.

Toys.

We call  your especial  attention to  the 
benefits  to  be  secured by ordering  your 
Holiday Goods  early in the season.  Our 
stock  was  never  so  full  of  fancy  and 
staple  Christmas  goods as it now is.  and 
by  ordering  now  you  will  secure  the 
finest selection in every line.  Our terms 
to  dealers of  approved  credit  are 2 per 
cent,  discount  if  paid  December  1  (on 
goods sold  previous to October 31)  or net 
January 1,  1892.

Are shown  in  unending varieties of  rat­
tles.  whips,  guns,  soldier  sets,  swords, 
trumpets,  chairs,  pistols,  watches,  sur­
prise boxes,  Santa Claus figures,  musical 
toys,  cows,  rabbits,  dogs,  horses,  jump­
ing  jacks, children’s furniture and china 
sets,  paints,  skin  toys,  villages,  Noah’s 
arks,  bellows  toys,  Christmas  tree  can­
dles and novelties, rubber balls, squakers, 
watches,  churches,  magic  lanterns  and 
mechanical toys of every description.

“ Lotto ”  Games.

This  well  known  evening  amusement 
holds  its  place with  chess,  backgammon 
and  parcheesi in  the  public  favor.  We 
have  sold  it  for the  past  years  in  ever 
increasing  quantities.  The box  and  im­
plements  now shown  are large  and dur­
able.  Retail prices 25 and 50 cents.

Fish Ponds

In  this game  we did  not  begin to sup­
ply the demand  last  year,  being  entirely 
sold  out  by  December  1.  Nothing  can 
replace  this sporting  game and  nothing 
is so finely  gotten  up for so little  money. 
Retails 25 cents to SI each.

Ten Cent  Games.

Here  we will  only  mention  the  names 
of  the  best  children  games ever  shown. 
Many  are  former  25  cent  games,  now 
made over  into this  popular priced  line. 
We  show  Authors,  Old  Maid,  Fox  and 
Geese,  Cards  of  Fate,  Dr.  Busby, Jump­
ing  Frog,  Simple  Simon,  Letters,  Rail­
road.  Peter  Coddle,  Hippety  Hop,  Tid- 
dledy Winks, Matrimony and many more.

Christmas Books.

We  earnestly  advise  every  dealer  in 
this  line  to  examine our  extraordinary 
bargains  in  this class of  Holiday  Goods 
before  they  make  their  purchases,  the I 
assortment  is so  varied  that  we can  but 
call  your  attention  to it:  sufficient to say 
that  it  is  a  larger  variety  and a  hand­
somer.  brighter  line  than  we  have  ever 
shown.  Our special  line  (that is  selling 
too  fast to suit  us)  at 18  cents  is  alone 
worth  a trip  to  the  city  to  select.  We i 
are also  agents for  “McLouglilin  Bros’.” 
incomparable line.

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» 

Our  Catalogue  No.  105,  of  general 
staple,  and  No.  107  of strictly Christmas 
goods will be sent  to  dealers on request. 
If  you  haven’t  both of  these,  drop  us a 
card.  The  best  goods  from  all  manu­
facturers  in  England,  France.  Germany 
and  the  United  States are  there  placed 
before  you  and  an order from either will 
have as prompt  and  careful  attention as 
if placed in  person.

Do  not  underestimate  the  advantages 
to be obtained  by  coming to this  market 
and  selecting  from our  magnificent line 
of  samples.  We  have  one-third  more 
articles on exhibition this year than ever 
before.  Our  line  is  increased  in  every 
department  and  we  can  truthfully  say 
that  we  have  never  seen  brighter  and 
ri  her  Holiday  Goods  than  those  now 
shown.  You  can  make  money  on  our 
line,  and  the goods will  sell  themselves.

Nellie  Bly.

One of the best  games shown this year 
is  “Round  the  W< rid with  Nellie  Bly,” 
founded on the trip of the popular young 
lady who  made  the  famous trip  for  the 
New  York  World  in  the  unprecedented 
time of  73 days. 
It is perhaps  the  most 
interesting game ever shown at the price. 
Retails 75 cents each.

Playing Cards.

in  playing  cards  we  handle  only the 
“Russell  & Morgan”  line  and our  prices 
are actually below those of many jobbers. 
We carry the following well-known cards 
constantly  in  stock:  Cadet,  Steamboat, 
Tourists,  Bicycle,  Capital,  American, 
Skat,  Sportsmen, Army  & Navy and Con­
gress.  Don’t buy  a card till you examine 
our line.

Dolls

In  this  magnificent  selling 

line  our 
display is by far the grandest ever shown. 
You  will  find all  the  favorites in China I
babies,  China 
limbs,  washable  dolls, 
dressed babies, dressed boy and girl dolls 
and  novelties in  bisque and kid combina­
tions never before shown in this country. 
This  enormous  variety is our  own  per­
sonal selection  in the  markets of  France 
and Germany.

Dollar Typewriter.

This is  a  practical  typewriter  that  is 
used even more  by adults  than as  a  toy. 
You  can  write  real  letters with  it  and 
much  faster than  with  pen  and  ink. 
It 
is  a wizard that makes the boys and girls 
wild to run  it,  and at the  retail  price of 
SI each  will  be wanted  in  every  family 
this fall.  Nothing  to  get  out  of  order. 
Simplest!  Cheapest!  Best!  Packed one 
in a box.

Flying Artillery.

Is the latest  iron  toy for  children and 
is  a  perfect  imitation of  U.  S.  Artillery 
and entirely  indestructible.  This feature 
makes  the  entire  line of  malleable  iron 
toys  from  a  25  cent  railroad  train  to  a 
five dollar  “Tally Ho”  coach the favorite 
with every buyer.  Be  sure  your assort­
ment  includes  some  of  the  popular  50 
cent  and  SI  pieces  in  this 
line.  All 
packed one in  a box.

Tiddledv Winks.

No  stock  will  be  complete  this  year 
without a full  line of  this favorite game. 
It is popular  with  adults as well as with 
children  and  gives a complete entertain- 
meht  for  an  entire  evening.  No  game 
ever  put on  the market  has had  such an 
enormous  sale,  and  the  new prices  now 
bring it within  the  reach of  all.  Retail 
from  10  cents to $1.25  each  with a good 
profit for the dealer.

Steam Toys.

Weedens’  celebrated steam mechanical 
toys  have  now forced  the foreign  goods 
entirely off the market.  On pages 20 and 
21  of our Holiday Catalogue we  show  his 
complete  line.  Every one  is  warranted 
to run by steam  or  no sale.  The  pieces 
shown are wonders and at once an amuse- 
megt  and  a constant  instruction  to  the 
boys-  Every part of  a real  engine is ex­
actly  duplicated,  and  any  part  can  be 
replaced at pleasure.

Ouiia.

(Pronounced Wee-ja.)

It 

furnishes  never 

The Ouija  is  without doubt  the  most 
interesting,  remarkable  and  mysterious 
production  of  the  19th  century. 
Its 
operations  are  always  interesting  and 
frequently  invaluable,  answering  as  it 
does  questions  concerning 
the  past, 
present  and  future with  marvelous  ac­
curacy. 
failing 
amusement and recreation for all classes, 
while for the  scientific  or  thoughtful its 
mysterious  movements  invite  the  most 
careful  research  and  investigation—ap­
parently forming  the  link  between  the 
known  and  the  unknown,  the  material 
with  the immaterial. 
It  forces  upon  us 
the conviction  that great  truth was  con­
tained  in  the  statement  of  the  Danish 
Prince: 
in
heaven  and  earth,  Horatio,  than  were 
ever dreamed of  in thy philosophy.”

“There  are  more  things 

Harmonicas.

One of those little things that are  a ne­
cessity  in  every stock.  We  have  them 
from  the five cent  toy  up to the celebrat­
ed  fifty  cent “Hohner”  and at all  prices.

Silverware.

Our  new  supplement  to  Catalogue of 
Silver  Plated Ware  shows the  great  in­
crease  in  this household  line.  The  de­
signs have never been  so rich  and chaste 
as those  now shown  and the  line is now 
so large,  including knives,  forks, spoons, 
children’s  sets, 
fruit  knives,  casters, 
cake  baskets,  berry  dishes,  pickles,’ tea 
sets,  tooth  picks,  napkin  rings,  syrups, 
butters,  berry  spoons,  pie  knives,  sugar 
shells,  nut picks and cracks, peppers and 
salts,  call  bells,  ice pitchers and sets and 
numerous  novelties,  that  it  is  a favorite 
one with  all careful  buyers.

Window  Pieces.

Don’t forget the importance of  proper­
ly advertising  your  holiday  stock,  and 
look  at  our  numerous  articles that will 
make a big display in your show windows 
and  at  the  same  time  are  none  too fine 
for the petted  son or daughter.  Rocking 
and  swing horses,  extra  large dolls,  fur­
niture pieces, nests of drums, Santa Claus 
figures,  fine  plush  cases,  ships,  skin 
horses  and  the  ever  pleasing,  crowd 
drawing  mechanical  engines,  horses,  bi­
cycles,  fire  engines,  fighters,  jugglers, 
steam  pump,  etc.

Puzzles.

This  feature  is  shown  in  many  new 
and  pleasing  varieties  of  smashed  up 
locomotives, 
fire  engines,  steamships, 
steamboats,  Old Woman  and  Pig,  United 
States,  The World,  the White  House,  the 
“Brownies,” the  pretty  village.  All  be­
ing  bright  colors on  wood  so  that  it  is 
one of  the most  durable as  well  as  the 
most interesting amusements.  Put  “puz­
zles” on  your list.

Fancy Glass and China.
We have rich  handled  flower and  bon­
bon baskets,  showing  brilliant  combina­
tions in  ruby,  crystal, yellow,  blue,  rose, 
etc.  New colors in  vases and  water sets. 
New decorations in china  cups  and  sau­
cers.  bone  plates,  fruit  plates,  salads, 
comports,  cracker  jars,  rose  jars, child’s 
plates and  all  items  necessary to a com­
plete  assortment.  Our  china  and  glass 
goods represent our own direct purchases 
abroad from  the  best of  German,  French 
and Bohemian  makers  and is one  of  the 
most  profitable  stocks  that  can  be  pu 
into any stock.

